"last quarter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: last quarters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} last quarter (plural last quarters)
  1. the waning lunar phase halfway between full moon and new moon. Categories (topical): Calendar, Moon, Periodic occurrences Related terms: new moon, first quarter, full moon, gibbous moon Translations (the waning lunar phase halfway between full moon and new moon): viimeinen neljännes (Finnish), ultimo quarto [masculine] (Italian), 下弦 (kagen) (alt: かげん) (Japanese), delčia [feminine] (Lithuanian), ooljééʼ chahałheeł nadah (Navajo), trzecia kwadra [feminine] (Polish), quarto minguante [masculine] (Portuguese), последняя че́тверть (poslednjaja čétvertʹ) [feminine] (Russian), cuarto menguante [masculine] (Spanish), bulang nagdudurog (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-last_quarter-en-noun-sOHSyv47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with redundant script codes

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the waning lunar phase halfway between full moon and new moon",
          "word": "viimeinen neljännes"
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          "sense": "the waning lunar phase halfway between full moon and new moon",
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          "sense": "the waning lunar phase halfway between full moon and new moon",
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          "sense": "the waning lunar phase halfway between full moon and new moon",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "последняя че́тверть"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the waning lunar phase halfway between full moon and new moon",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "cuarto menguante"
        },
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "the waning lunar phase halfway between full moon and new moon",
          "word": "bulang nagdudurog"
        }
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the waning lunar phase halfway between full moon and new moon",
      "word": "viimeinen neljännes"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the waning lunar phase halfway between full moon and new moon",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "the waning lunar phase halfway between full moon and new moon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "nv",
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      "sense": "the waning lunar phase halfway between full moon and new moon",
      "word": "ooljééʼ chahałheeł nadah"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the waning lunar phase halfway between full moon and new moon",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "trzecia kwadra"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the waning lunar phase halfway between full moon and new moon",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "quarto minguante"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poslednjaja čétvertʹ",
      "sense": "the waning lunar phase halfway between full moon and new moon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "последняя че́тверть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the waning lunar phase halfway between full moon and new moon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "cuarto menguante"
    },
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "the waning lunar phase halfway between full moon and new moon",
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