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Webster 1913 Edition
Lunar
1.
Of or pertaining to the moon;
as,
. lunar
observations2.
Resembling the moon; orbed.
Dryden.
3.
Measured by the revolutions of the moon;
as, a
. lunar
month4.
Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or properties;
as,
. lunar
herbsBacon.
Lunar caustic
(Med. Chem.)
, silver nitrate prepared to be used as a cautery; – so named because silver was called luna by the ancient alchemists.
– Lunar cycle
. Same as
– Metonic cycle
. See under Cycle
. Lunar distance
, the angular distance of the moon from the sun, a star, or a planet, employed for determining longitude by the
– lunar method
. Lunar method
, the method of finding a ship’s longitude by comparing the local time of taking (by means of a sextant or circle) a given lunar distance, with the Greenwich time corresponding to the same distance as ascertained from a nautical almanac, the difference of these times being the longitude.
– Lunar month
. See
– Month
. Lunar observation
, an observation of a lunar distance by means of a sextant or circle, with the altitudes of the bodies, and the time, for the purpose of computing the longitude.
– Lunar tables
. (a)
(Astron.)
Tables of the moon's motions, arranged for computing the moon's true place at any time past or future.
(b)
(Navigation)
Tables for correcting an observed lunar distance on account of refraction and parallax.
– Lunar year
, the period of twelve lunar months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, and 34.38 seconds.
Lu′nar
,Noun.
1.
(Astron.)
A lunar distance.
2.
(Anat.)
The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus; – called also
semilunar
, and intermedium
. Webster 1828 Edition
Lunar
LU'NAR
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See also: Lunar
English
Adjective
lunar (not comparable)
- Of, or pertaining to, a moon; moonly.
- lunar observations; a lunar eclipse
- Of, or pertaining to, Luna, the moon of Terra; Lunar.
- Crescent-shaped, lunate.
- Resembling Luna or another moon; orbed.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
- Influenced by a moon or moons, as in growth, character, or properties.
- lunar herbs
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- (alchemy) Of, or pertaining to, silver.
Derived terms
Terms derived from lunar
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Translations
of, or pertaining to, the moon
crescent shaped, lunate
of, or pertaining to, silver
Noun
lunar (plural lunars)
Synonyms
- (bone): intermedium, semilunar
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lūnāris. Compare the inherited luar.
Adjective
lunar m, f (plural lunares)
Noun
lunar m (plural lunares)