who grasps the struggling heifer's lunar horns—Alexander Pope
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a
: of, relating to, or resembling the moon
lunar craters
a lunar landscape
b
: designed for use on the moon
lunar vehicles
3
: measured by the moon's revolution
lunar month
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Other witnesses also emphasized this point — the nation that establishes a presence on the lunar surface first will set the rules of engagement for resources, governance, and international partnerships back on Earth.—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2025 For example, the Gateway's $854 million budget in 2024 would be better spent in future years on a lunar base.—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025 Interlune is developing robots to harvest a valuable gas on the lunar surface that could have a big impact on Earth.—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Moon Hours On July 20, 1969, the world watched in anticipation as Apollo 11 approached the lunar surface.—Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lunar
Word History
Etymology
Middle English lunare, borrowed from Latin lūnāris "of the moon, crescent-shaped," from lūna "moon" + -āris-ar; lūna going back to Indo-European *lou̯k-s-neh2, derivative of the verb stem *leu̯k- "become bright," whence also Old Church Slavic luna "moon," Russian luná, Old Prussian lauxnos "stars," Armenian lusin "moon"; from a stem *lou̯k-s-no- Old Irish lúan in día lúain "Monday," Avestan raoxšna- "light," (with presumed zero-grade) Greek lýkhnos "lamp" — more at light entry 1
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