synodic month

n. See lunar month.

synodic month

n (Units) See month⁶

month

(mʌnθ)

n. 1. any of the 12 parts, as January or May, into which the calendar year is divided. 2. the time from any day of one calendar month to the corresponding day of the next. 3. a period of four weeks or 30 days. 4. a. Also called solar month. one-twelfth of a solar year. b. Also called lunar month. the period of a complete revolution of the moon around the earth, as between successive new moons (synodic month), or between successive conjunctions with a star (sidereal month). 5. months, an indefinitely long period of time: I haven't seen him for months. Idioms: a month of Sundays, an indeterminately great length of time. [before 900; Middle English; Old English mōnath; c. Old Frisian mōnath, Old High German mānōd, (German Monat), Old Norse mānathr, Gothic mēnōths. See moon]

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synodic month - the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)lunar month, lunation, moonlunar year - a period of 12 lunar monthsmonth - a time unit of approximately 30 days; "he was given a month to pay the bill"

synodic month

(si-nod -ik) (lunation; lunar month) The interval of 29.530 59 days, on average, between two successive new Moons.

Synodic Month

the time interval between two consecutive identical phases of the moon, for example, the time between consecutive new moons. The duration of the synodic month is not constant; the average length is 29.530588 mean solar days, and deviations range up to 13 hours.

synodic month

[sə′näd·ik ′mənth] (astronomy) A month based on the moon's phases.

synodic month

The average period of revolution of the moon about the earth with respect to the sun, a period of 29 days 12 h 44 min 2.8 s. This is sometimes called the month of the phases, because it extends from the new moon to the next new moon. Also called lunation.

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noun the period between successive new moons (29

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