/ˈl(j)uːnə/, /ˈlunɚ/
OriginFrom Middle English lunar (“shaped like the crescent moon”), from Latin lūnāris (“of or pertaining to the moon, lunar”) (possibly through Middle French lunaire (modern French lunaire (“lunar”)), from lūna (“the Moon; crescent shape”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”)) + -is (suffix forming adjectives).
- not-comparableOf, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon (that is, Luna, the Earth's moon).
“lunar observations a lunar eclipse”
“By two lunar obſervations the long[itude] was 9° 57′ 30″ E. agreeing within 37′ by the watch, though the day before the long. by moon and watch differed 2° 35′.”
“Lunar eclipſes are not quite ſo complicated in theory, nor near ſo tedious and difficult in calculation, as ſolar ones. The latter are only apparent, the former really ſuch; that is, the Moon is reall”
- not-comparableShaped like a crescent moon; lunate.
“Her tears purſu'd her words, and while ſhe ſpoke / The Goddeſs nodded, and her altar ſhook: / The temple doors, as with a blaſt of wind, / Were heard to clap; the lunar horns that bind / The brows of ”
“The images therefore which Laban worſhipped were probably lunar amulets, or types of the ark in the form of a creſcent.”
- not-comparableExtremely high.
“Julian wolfed down the rest of his dinner and when he accompanied Michelle back to her apartment his spirits were positively lunar.”
“Although Little Chandler hungers to “express the melancholy of his soul in verse,” to ascend out of the depths of his solitary confinement to the lunar heights of the poet, he can do no more than expa”
“House prices were in freefall, if you owned one. They remained laughably lunar to the rent-bound.”
- historical, not-comparable(Believed to be) influenced by the Moon, as in character, growth, or properties.
“Some of the Ancients, and likewiſe diuers of the Moderne VVriters, that haue laboured in Naturall Magick, have noted a Sympathy, between the Sunne, Moone, and ſome Principall Starres; And certaine Her”
- historical, not-comparableOf or pertaining to silver (which was symbolically associated with the Moon by alchemists).
“On the Poison of Serpents. By W. Boag, Esq. [...] Supposing the fatal effect [of a snakebite] to be produced by the sudden subtraction of oxygen from the blood, this gentleman recommends, by way of an”
“The association of the heavenly bodies with known metals and also with human organs and destinies goes back to ancient Chaldea, the land of astrologers. In Chaucer’s words: ‘The seven bodies eek, lo h”
- not-comparableOf or pertaining to travel through space between the Earth and the Moon, or exploration and scientific investigation of the Moon.
“Several initial experimental firings of the various stages of Saturn V into earth orbit will precede the planned lunar flight. The astronauts will practice rendezvous techniques in the earth's orbit. ”
- alt-ofAlternative letter-case form of lunar (“pertaining to Luna, the moon of Terra”).
- The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus in the wrist, which is shaped like a half-moon.
“The carpal bones are usually described as being capable of being luxated from the lower end of the radius forwards or backwards, inwards or outwards. The case backwards, which has been stated to be th”
“There are two larger bones of the wrist called the scaphoid and lunar; these form a large ball, and this is received into the lower end of the radius.”
“The scaphoid and lunar (wrist bones) are separate, whereas in Carnivores they are united perhaps to give greater strength to the wrist.”
- An observation of a lunar distance (“the angle between the Moon and another celestial body”), especially for establishing the longitude of a ship at sea.
“[Y]oung beginners cannot be too often cautioned that a single lunar is of little or no value until the observer knows the usual difference between his lunars taken on opposite sides of the moon; and t”
“With cheap quartz watches (several, for reliability) we can do all the modern celestial navigation we could want. But learning and practicing lunars gives us deeper insight into celestial navigation; ”
Formslunars(plural)