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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Such objects not only would pose a collision risk to future spacecraft but also could complicate the long-term sustainability of lunar and Martian settlements.—Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 20 May 2025 Read on to discover when and where to catch the fleeting lunar milestone, and what else to find in the nights surrounding May 20.—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 19 May 2025 To increase your skill set, take up higher learning when Jupiter puts pressure on the lunar nodes.—Usa Today, USA Today, 18 May 2025 Together, these missions represent an increasingly international and commercial approach to lunar science and exploration.—Zhenbo Wang, The Conversation, 16 May 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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