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draconic month

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables
dra-con-ic -month
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A period of time between two consecutive passages of the Moon through the same orbital node. The draconic month is shorter than the sidereal month, due to precession of the Moon's orbit. An average one lasts 27 days, 5 hours, 5 minutes, 35.8 seconds.

Inflected Forms

draconic months (plural)

Synonyms

draconitic month nodal month

Questions

What does draconic month mean?
A period of time between two consecutive passages of the Moon through the same orbital node. The draconic month is shorter than the sidereal month, due to precession of the Moon's orbit. An average one lasts 27 days, 5 hours, 5 minutes, 35.8 seconds.

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