"moonfall" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: moonfalls [plural]
Etymology: From moon + fall. * (astronautics): after landfall. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|moon|fall}} moon + fall, {{sense|astronautics}} (astronautics): Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} moonfall (usually uncountable, plural moonfalls)
  1. (astronautics) Arrival on the Moon, or a moon, by spacecraft. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Astronautics
    Sense id: en-moonfall-en-noun-U2K8yfP- Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (poetic) Synonym of moonset Tags: poetic, uncountable, usually Synonyms: moonset [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-moonfall-en-noun-77bfG-De Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 76
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