Lunar

Quick meaning: Lunar is an adjective meaning Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon (that is, Luna, the Earth's moon).

Meaning

Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon (that is, Luna, the Earth's moon).

More Meanings

1. Shaped like a crescent moon; lunate.
2. Extremely high.
3. (alchemy, chemistry, obsolete) Of or pertaining to silver (which was symbolically associated with the Moon by alchemists).
4. (anatomy) The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus in the wrist, which is shaped like a half-moon.
5. (astronomy) Of or pertaining to travel through space between the Earth and the Moon, or exploration and scientific investigation of the Moon.
6. (nautical, navigation) 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.
7. (chiefly historical) (Believed to be) influenced by the Moon, as in character, growth, or properties.

Example Sentences

lunar observations a lunar eclipse

Ahead the flanks of the Pennines gleamed faintly in the moonlight, looking as though they themselves were part of some dry and deserted lunar landscape.

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′.

The clue’s in the name of this vast area in northern Argentina: lunar landscapes of wind blasted rock, where the night skies are illuminated by billions of stars and the moon glows.

Word Forms

• lunars

Synonyms for lunar

Depending on context, synonyms include lunarlike, lunary, moonish, moonlike, moonly, moony.

Antonyms for lunar

Common opposites include solar.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include moonlight, moon, moonlike, satellite, month, monthly.

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