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adjective of or relating to the moon: the lunar orbit.
measured by the moon's revolutions: a lunar month.
resembling the moon; round or crescent-shaped.
of or relating to silver.
noun a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
Origin of lunar First recorded in 1585–95, lunar is from the Latin word lūnāris of the moon. See Luna, -ar1
OTHER WORDS FROM lunar un·lu·nar, adjective Words nearby lunar lumpy jaw, Lumumba, Luna, lunacy, luna moth, lunar , lunar caustic, lunar cycle, lunar day, lunar distance, lunar eclipse
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Example sentences from the Web for lunar Nearly all the lunar material currently in NASA’s possession was collected during the Apollo program.
NASA will pay for moon rocks excavated by private companies | Neel Patel| September 10, 2020| MIT Technology Review
Landing on the moon is neither cheap nor easy, and NASA will pay only for the lunar material that’s collected.
NASA wants to buy moon rocks from anyone who can fund their own space trip | Verne Kopytoff| September 10, 2020| Fortune
Financially, the contract would make most sense for explorers already planning lunar trips.
NASA wants to buy moon rocks from anyone who can fund their own space trip | Verne Kopytoff| September 10, 2020| Fortune
A $100 million privately funded Israeli mission to land on the lunar surface failed in April 2019.
NASA wants to buy moon rocks from anyone who can fund their own space trip | Verne Kopytoff| September 10, 2020| Fortune
Similar deposits of ice seem to dot the poles of our moon, where they could provide useful resources for future lunar explorers.
These Images Expose the Dark Side of the Solar System - Issue 89: The Dark Side | Corey S. Powell| August 26, 2020| Nautilus
Tao Lin charts the path of lunar hamsters in search of some decent wifi sometime in the year 2027.
Crazy Cartography: Artists and Writers Conjure a Slew of Imaginative Maps | Lauren Elkin| April 13, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Chan was not among the Chinese authors whose opinion on the lunar landing Xinhua reporters sought.
The Year in Chinese Science—And Science Fiction | Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom| December 29, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Ramadan is based on the lunar calendar, so it moves back about 10 days each year.
First Friday of Ramadan For Palestinians | Maysoon Zayid| July 12, 2013| DAILY BEAST
The number of lunar cycles does not correspond easily to the number of seasonal ones.
How Long Is a Year? Is the Earth Slowing Down? And Other Questions About Time | Neil Shubin| January 6, 2013| DAILY BEAST
She just wanted “the bird,” the rocket, to fly, and for Neil to get a chance to plant his moon boot on the lunar surface.
Moon Men: The Private Lives of Neil Armstrong and Pals in “Togethersville” | Lily Koppel| September 1, 2012| DAILY BEAST
He was expert in the use of quadrant and sextant, and could take a lunar observation and work it out with accuracy.
The subject of the lunar librations was treated by Lagrange with great originality in an essay crowned by the Paris Lagrange.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 | Various
English decorators are hopeless; they know as much about decoration as I know about the lunar theory.
The House of Defence v. 1 | E. F. Benson
I can navigate, checking the chronometer by lunar observation.
Workhouse Characters | Margaret Wynne Nevinson
By their means they doubtless very soon came to turn (in lunar fashion) the same hemisphere always towards their centre of motion.
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century | Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
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British Dictionary definitions for lunar adjective of or relating to the moon
occurring on, used on, or designed to land on the surface of the moon lunar module
relating to, caused by, or measured by the position or orbital motion of the moon
of or containing silver
Word Origin for lunar C17: from Latin lūnāris, from lūna the moon
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Words related to lunar moony, celestial, planetary, stellar, solar, interstellar, orbed, lunula, sublunar, lunatic
Medical definitions for lunar adj. Relating to the moon or to a month.
Lunate.
Containing silver.
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Scientific definitions for lunar Relating to the Moon.
Measured by the revolution of the Moon around the Earth.
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