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LUNAR DAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The period of time taken for the moon to make one full rotation on its axis (about 27.3 sidereal days)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("lunar day" is a kind of...):
day (the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis)