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lunar month

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables
lu-nar -month
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A period from one new moon until the next.

noun

A synodic month of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase.

noun

A sidereal month of approximately 27.32 days, the length of time taken by the moon in its orbit about the Earth to return to the same point as viewed against the background of stars.

Inflected Forms

lunar months (plural)

Synonyms

sidereal month stellar month lunation synodic month moon

Questions

What does lunar month mean?
A period from one new moon until the next.

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