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lunar

  • adjective
  • lun·ar
  • lo͞o'nər

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

Example

“lunar observations  a lunar eclipse”

Other meanings

  1. Shaped like a crescent moon; lunate.

  2. Extremely high.

Related words

  • antilunar
  • lunarcore
  • lunarcrete
  • lunarnaut
  • supralunar
  • unlunar
  • Coordinated Lunar Time
  • circalunar
  • lunar colony
  • circumlunar
  • interlunar
  • lunate

Word history

From Middle French "lunaire".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “lunar” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.