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LUNATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The period between successive new moons (29.531 days)
Synonyms:
lunar month; lunation; moon; synodic month
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("lunation" is a kind of...):
month (a time unit of approximately 30 days)
Holonyms ("lunation" is a part of...):
lunar year (a period of 12 lunar months)