"lunation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /luːˈneɪʃən/ Forms: lunations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Medieval Latin lūnātiō. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ML.|lūnātiō}} Medieval Latin lūnātiō Head templates: {{en-noun}} lunation (plural lunations)
  1. A month of an average of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase. Translations (a month measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase): лунен месец (lunen mesec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), lunatie [feminine] (Dutch), synodische maand [feminine] (Dutch), lunación [feminine] (Galician), lunacja [feminine] (Polish), lunação [feminine] (Portuguese), лу́нный ме́сяц (lúnnyj mésjac) [masculine] (Russian), лунация (lunacija) [feminine] (Russian), månmånad [common-gender] (Swedish), bươn (Tày), tuần trăng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-lunation-en-noun-S3hi9mDI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tày translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Tày translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'a month measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase': 78 22
  2. The irregular period from one new moon until the next. Categories (topical): Calendar, Moon Translations (the name of term given the irregular period from one new moon until the next): lunacja [feminine] (Polish), lunação [feminine] (Portuguese), лу́нный ме́сяц (lúnnyj mésjac) [masculine] (Russian), лунация (lunacija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-lunation-en-noun-hguk7b2b Disambiguation of Calendar: 17 83 Disambiguation of Moon: 27 73 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'the name of term given the irregular period from one new moon until the next': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: synodic month, lunar month Derived forms: interlunation

Inflected forms

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