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The period between successive new moons (29.531 days)
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lunation
Word definitions for lunation in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 a month of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase. On average, the number of days between Full Moons is about 29.5306 days. The actual number of days may differ from the average number by more than ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lunation \Lu*na"tion\, n. [Cf. Lunated .] The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from about 291/4 to 295/6 days, the average length being 29 d., 12h., 44m., 2.9s.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the period between successive new moons (29.531 days) [syn: lunar month , moon , synodic month ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"time from one new moon to another," late 14c., from Medieval Latin lunationem , from luna "moon" (see Luna ).
Usage examples of lunation.
Copernicus, and said that if his theories were followed astronomers would not be able to calculate lunations or eclipses.
On land, meridional, a bispherical moon, revealed in imperfect varying phases of lunation through the posterior interstice of the imperfectly occluded skirt of a carnose negligent perambulating female, a pillar of the cloud by day.
We just received word that the Mrav and Grost systems were vaporized within the past lunation.