| slovo | definícia |
luna
(encz) | luna,luna n: Zdeněk Brož |
luna
(czen) | luna,lunan: Zdeněk Brož |
Luna
(gcide) | Luna \Lu"na\, n. [L.; akin to lucere to shine. See Light, n.,
and cf. Lune.]
1. The moon.
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2. (Alchemy) Silver.
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Luna cornea (Old Chem.), horn silver, or fused silver
chloride, a tough, brown, translucent mass; -- so called
from its resemblance to horn.
Luna moth (Zool.), a very large and beautiful American moth
(Actias luna). Its wings are delicate light green, with
a stripe of purple along the front edge of the anterior
wings, the other margins being edged with pale yellow.
Each wing has a lunate spot surrounded by rings of light
yellow, blue, and black. The caterpillar commonly feeds on
the hickory, sassafras, and maple.
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luna
(wn) | Luna
n 1: (Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon; counterpart of
Greek Selene |
luna
(vera) | LUNA
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lunate
(mass) | lunate
- polmesiacový, v tvare polmesiaca |
lunatic
(mass) | lunatic
- šialený, blázon |
semilunar
(mass) | semilunar
- polmesiacový, v tvare polmesiaca |
cislunar
(encz) | cislunar, adj: |
luna moth
(encz) | luna moth, n: |
lunacies
(encz) | lunacies, |
lunacy
(encz) | lunacy,šílenství n: Zdeněk Brož |
lunar
(encz) | lunar,měsíční luke |
lunar calendar
(encz) | lunar calendar, n: |
lunar caustic
(encz) | lunar caustic, n: |
lunar crater
(encz) | lunar crater, n: |
lunar day
(encz) | lunar day, n: |
lunar eclipse
(encz) | lunar eclipse, n: |
lunar excursion module
(encz) | lunar excursion module, n: |
lunar latitude
(encz) | lunar latitude, n: |
lunar module
(encz) | lunar module,měsíční modul luke |
lunar month
(encz) | lunar month,lunární měsíc luke |
lunar time period
(encz) | lunar time period, n: |
lunar year
(encz) | lunar year, n: |
lunate
(encz) | lunate, adj: |
lunate bone
(encz) | lunate bone, n: |
lunatic
(encz) | lunatic,blázen n: Ritchielunatic,bláznivý adj: Zdeněk Brožlunatic,šílenec Zdeněk Brožlunatic,šílený adj: Ritchielunatic,ztřeštěnec Zdeněk Brož |
lunatic asylum
(encz) | lunatic asylum,blázinec n: Ritchie |
lunatic fringe
(encz) | lunatic fringe,extrémisté Zdeněk Brož |
lunatics
(encz) | lunatics,blázni Zdeněk Brožlunatics,šílenci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
lunation
(encz) | lunation, n: |
os lunatum
(encz) | os lunatum, n: |
semilunar
(encz) | semilunar,poloměsíčitý adj: Zdeněk Brožsemilunar,semilunární Zdeněk Brož |
semilunar bone
(encz) | semilunar bone, n: |
semilunar valve
(encz) | semilunar valve,poloměsíčitá chlopeň n: [med.] v lidském srdci Jirka
Daněk |
sublunar
(encz) | sublunar, adj: |
sublunary
(encz) | sublunary,pozemský adj: Zdeněk Brožsublunary,světský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
superlunar
(encz) | superlunar,superlunární Zdeněk Brož |
superlunary
(encz) | superlunary, adj: |
translunar
(encz) | translunar,translunární Zdeněk Brož |
translunary
(encz) | translunary, adj: |
lunapark
(czen) | lunapark,funfairn: Zdeněk Brož |
Actias luna
(gcide) | Luna \Lu"na\, n. [L.; akin to lucere to shine. See Light, n.,
and cf. Lune.]
1. The moon.
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2. (Alchemy) Silver.
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Luna cornea (Old Chem.), horn silver, or fused silver
chloride, a tough, brown, translucent mass; -- so called
from its resemblance to horn.
Luna moth (Zool.), a very large and beautiful American moth
(Actias luna). Its wings are delicate light green, with
a stripe of purple along the front edge of the anterior
wings, the other margins being edged with pale yellow.
Each wing has a lunate spot surrounded by rings of light
yellow, blue, and black. The caterpillar commonly feeds on
the hickory, sassafras, and maple.
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Alcelaphus lunata
(gcide) | Sassaby \Sas"sa*by\, Sassabye \Sas"sa*bye\, n. (Zool.)
A large African antelope (Alcelaphus lunata), similar to
the hartbeest, but having its horns regularly curved.
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Botrychium Lunaria
(gcide) | Lunary \Lu"na*ry\, n. [Cf. F. lunaire.] (Bot.)
(a) The herb moonwort or "honesty".
(b) A low fleshy fern (Botrychium Lunaria) with lunate
segments of the leaf or frond.
[1913 Webster] LunateMoonwort \Moon"wort`\ (m[=oo]n"w[^u]rt`), n. (Bot.)
(a) The herb lunary or honesty. See Honesty.
(b) Any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. {Botrychium
Lunaria}; -- so named from the crescent-shaped
segments of its frond.
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Calluna
(gcide) | Calluna \Calluna\ n.
a genus having only one species.
Syn: genus Calluna.
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Calluna vulgaris
(gcide) | Heath \Heath\ (h[=e]th), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant
heath, AS. h[=ae][eth]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel.
hei[eth]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. hai[thorn]i
field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr.
ksh[=e]tra field. [root]20.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A low shrub (Erica vulgaris or Calluna vulgaris),
with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of
pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,
thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It
is also called heather, and ling.
(b) Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which
several are European, and many more are South African,
some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.
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2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
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Their stately growth, though bare,
Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton
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Heath cock (Zool.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse
(below).
Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
Triodia (Triodia decumbens), growing on dry heaths.
Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zool.), a European grouse
(Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heaths; -- called also
black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl,
moor fowl. The male is called heath cock, and
blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.
Heath hen. (Zool.) See Heath grouse (above).
Heath pea (Bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyrus
macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
Heath throstle (Zool.), a European thrush which frequents
heaths; the ring ouzel.
[1913 Webster]Ling \Ling\, n. [Icel. lyng; akin to Dan. lyng, Sw. ljung.]
(Bot.)
Heather (Calluna vulgaris).
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Ling honey, a sort of wild honey, made from the flowers of
the heather. --Holland.
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Commission of lunacy
(gcide) | Commission \Com*mis"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See
Commit.]
1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of
perpetrating.
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Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a
certain degree of hardness. --South.
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2. The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a
trust shall be executed.
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3. The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons;
a trust; a charge.
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4. A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain
powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the
performance of certain duties.
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Let him see our commission. --Shak.
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5. A certificate conferring military or naval rank and
authority; as, a colonel's commission.
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6. A company of persons joined in the performance of some
duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate
commerce commission.
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A commission was at once appointed to examine into
the matter. --Prescott.
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7. (Com.)
(a) The acting under authority of, or on account of,
another.
(b) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have
three commissions for the city.
(c) The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent
for transacting business for another; as, a commission
of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere.
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Commission of array. (Eng. Hist.) See under Array.
Commission of bankruptcy, a commission appointing and
empowering certain persons to examine into the facts
relative to an alleged bankruptcy, and to secure the
bankrupt's lands and effects for the creditors.
Commission of lunacy, a commission authorizing an inquiry
whether a person is a lunatic or not.
Commission merchant, one who buys or sells goods on
commission, as the agent of others, receiving a rate per
cent as his compensation.
Commission officer or Commissioned officer, (Mil.), one
who has a commission, in distinction from a
noncommissioned or warrant officer.
Commission of the peace, a commission under the great seal,
constituting one or more persons justices of the peace.
[Eng.]
on commission, paid partly or completely by collecting as a
commision a portion of the sales that one makes.
out of commission, not operating properly; out of order.
To put a vessel into commission (Naut.), to equip and man a
government vessel, and send it out on service after it has
been laid up; esp., the formal act of taking command of a
vessel for service, hoisting the flag, reading the orders,
etc.
To put a vessel out of commission (Naut.), to detach the
officers and crew and retire it from active service,
temporarily or permanently.
To put the great seal into commission or {To put the
Treasury into commission}, to place it in the hands of a
commissioner or commissioners during the abeyance of the
ordinary administration, as between the going out of one
lord keeper and the accession of another. [Eng.]
The United States Christian Commission, an organization
among the people of the North, during the Civil War, which
afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and
performed services of a religious character in the field
and in hospitals.
The United States Sanitary Commission, an organization
formed by the people of the North to cooperate with and
supplement the medical department of the Union armies
during the Civil War.
Syn: Charge; warrant; authority; mandate; office; trust;
employment.
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Common lunar year
(gcide) | Year \Year\, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [yogh]er, AS. ge['a]r; akin to
OFries. i?r, g?r, D. jaar, OHG. j[=a]r, G. jahr, Icel. [=a]r,
Dan. aar, Sw. [*a]r, Goth. j?r, Gr. ? a season of the year,
springtime, a part of the day, an hour, ? a year, Zend
y[=a]re year. [root]4, 279. Cf. Hour, Yore.]
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1. The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the
ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its
revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year;
also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this,
adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and
called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354
days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360
days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days,
and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of
366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on
account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).
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Of twenty year of age he was, I guess. --Chaucer.
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Note: The civil, or legal, year, in England, formerly
commenced on the 25th of March. This practice continued
throughout the British dominions till the year 1752.
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2. The time in which any planet completes a revolution about
the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.
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3. pl. Age, or old age; as, a man in years. --Shak.
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Anomalistic year, the time of the earth's revolution from
perihelion to perihelion again, which is 365 days, 6
hours, 13 minutes, and 48 seconds.
A year's mind (Eccl.), a commemoration of a deceased
person, as by a Mass, a year after his death. Cf. {A
month's mind}, under Month.
Bissextile year. See Bissextile.
Canicular year. See under Canicular.
Civil year, the year adopted by any nation for the
computation of time.
Common lunar year, the period of 12 lunar months, or 354
days.
Common year, each year of 365 days, as distinguished from
leap year.
Embolismic year, or Intercalary lunar year, the period of
13 lunar months, or 384 days.
Fiscal year (Com.), the year by which accounts are
reckoned, or the year between one annual time of
settlement, or balancing of accounts, and another.
Great year. See Platonic year, under Platonic.
Gregorian year, Julian year. See under Gregorian, and
Julian.
Leap year. See Leap year, in the Vocabulary.
Lunar astronomical year, the period of 12 lunar synodical
months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, 36 seconds.
Lunisolar year. See under Lunisolar.
Periodical year. See Anomalistic year, above.
Platonic year, Sabbatical year. See under Platonic, and
Sabbatical.
Sidereal year, the time in which the sun, departing from
any fixed star, returns to the same. This is 365 days, 6
hours, 9 minutes, and 9.3 seconds.
Tropical year. See under Tropical.
Year and a day (O. Eng. Law), a time to be allowed for an
act or an event, in order that an entire year might be
secured beyond all question. --Abbott.
Year of grace, any year of the Christian era; Anno Domini;
A. D. or a. d.
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Damaliscus lunatus
(gcide) | Damaliscus \Damaliscus\ n.
a genus of African antelopes including the sassaby,
Damaliscus lunatus.
Syn: genus Damaliscus.
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Intercalary lunar year
(gcide) | Year \Year\, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [yogh]er, AS. ge['a]r; akin to
OFries. i?r, g?r, D. jaar, OHG. j[=a]r, G. jahr, Icel. [=a]r,
Dan. aar, Sw. [*a]r, Goth. j?r, Gr. ? a season of the year,
springtime, a part of the day, an hour, ? a year, Zend
y[=a]re year. [root]4, 279. Cf. Hour, Yore.]
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1. The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the
ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its
revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year;
also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this,
adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and
called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354
days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360
days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days,
and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of
366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on
account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).
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Of twenty year of age he was, I guess. --Chaucer.
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Note: The civil, or legal, year, in England, formerly
commenced on the 25th of March. This practice continued
throughout the British dominions till the year 1752.
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2. The time in which any planet completes a revolution about
the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.
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3. pl. Age, or old age; as, a man in years. --Shak.
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Anomalistic year, the time of the earth's revolution from
perihelion to perihelion again, which is 365 days, 6
hours, 13 minutes, and 48 seconds.
A year's mind (Eccl.), a commemoration of a deceased
person, as by a Mass, a year after his death. Cf. {A
month's mind}, under Month.
Bissextile year. See Bissextile.
Canicular year. See under Canicular.
Civil year, the year adopted by any nation for the
computation of time.
Common lunar year, the period of 12 lunar months, or 354
days.
Common year, each year of 365 days, as distinguished from
leap year.
Embolismic year, or Intercalary lunar year, the period of
13 lunar months, or 384 days.
Fiscal year (Com.), the year by which accounts are
reckoned, or the year between one annual time of
settlement, or balancing of accounts, and another.
Great year. See Platonic year, under Platonic.
Gregorian year, Julian year. See under Gregorian, and
Julian.
Leap year. See Leap year, in the Vocabulary.
Lunar astronomical year, the period of 12 lunar synodical
months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, 36 seconds.
Lunisolar year. See under Lunisolar.
Periodical year. See Anomalistic year, above.
Platonic year, Sabbatical year. See under Platonic, and
Sabbatical.
Sidereal year, the time in which the sun, departing from
any fixed star, returns to the same. This is 365 days, 6
hours, 9 minutes, and 9.3 seconds.
Tropical year. See under Tropical.
Year and a day (O. Eng. Law), a time to be allowed for an
act or an event, in order that an entire year might be
secured beyond all question. --Abbott.
Year of grace, any year of the Christian era; Anno Domini;
A. D. or a. d.
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Interlunar
(gcide) | Interlunar \In`ter*lu"nar\, Interlunary \In`ter*lu"na*ry\, a.
[Pref. inter- + lunar: cf. L. interlunis.]
Belonging or pertaining to the time when the moon, at or near
its conjunction with the sun, is invisible. --Milton.
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Interlunary
(gcide) | Interlunar \In`ter*lu"nar\, Interlunary \In`ter*lu"na*ry\, a.
[Pref. inter- + lunar: cf. L. interlunis.]
Belonging or pertaining to the time when the moon, at or near
its conjunction with the sun, is invisible. --Milton.
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Luna
(gcide) | Luna \Lu"na\, n. [L.; akin to lucere to shine. See Light, n.,
and cf. Lune.]
1. The moon.
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2. (Alchemy) Silver.
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Luna cornea (Old Chem.), horn silver, or fused silver
chloride, a tough, brown, translucent mass; -- so called
from its resemblance to horn.
Luna moth (Zool.), a very large and beautiful American moth
(Actias luna). Its wings are delicate light green, with
a stripe of purple along the front edge of the anterior
wings, the other margins being edged with pale yellow.
Each wing has a lunate spot surrounded by rings of light
yellow, blue, and black. The caterpillar commonly feeds on
the hickory, sassafras, and maple.
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Luna cornea
(gcide) | Luna \Lu"na\, n. [L.; akin to lucere to shine. See Light, n.,
and cf. Lune.]
1. The moon.
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2. (Alchemy) Silver.
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Luna cornea (Old Chem.), horn silver, or fused silver
chloride, a tough, brown, translucent mass; -- so called
from its resemblance to horn.
Luna moth (Zool.), a very large and beautiful American moth
(Actias luna). Its wings are delicate light green, with
a stripe of purple along the front edge of the anterior
wings, the other margins being edged with pale yellow.
Each wing has a lunate spot surrounded by rings of light
yellow, blue, and black. The caterpillar commonly feeds on
the hickory, sassafras, and maple.
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Luna moth
(gcide) | Luna \Lu"na\, n. [L.; akin to lucere to shine. See Light, n.,
and cf. Lune.]
1. The moon.
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2. (Alchemy) Silver.
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Luna cornea (Old Chem.), horn silver, or fused silver
chloride, a tough, brown, translucent mass; -- so called
from its resemblance to horn.
Luna moth (Zool.), a very large and beautiful American moth
(Actias luna). Its wings are delicate light green, with
a stripe of purple along the front edge of the anterior
wings, the other margins being edged with pale yellow.
Each wing has a lunate spot surrounded by rings of light
yellow, blue, and black. The caterpillar commonly feeds on
the hickory, sassafras, and maple.
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Lunacies
(gcide) | Lunacy \Lu"na*cy\, n.; pl. Lunacies. [See Lunatic.]
1. Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which
is broken by intervals of reason, -- formerly supposed to
be influenced by the changes of the moon; any form of
unsoundness of mind, except idiocy; mental derangement or
alienation. --Brande. --Burrill.
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Your kindred shuns your house
As beaten hence by your strange lunacy. --Shak.
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2. A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through
fanaticism. --Dr. H. More.
Syn: Derangement; craziness; mania. See Insanity.
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Lunacy
(gcide) | Lunacy \Lu"na*cy\, n.; pl. Lunacies. [See Lunatic.]
1. Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which
is broken by intervals of reason, -- formerly supposed to
be influenced by the changes of the moon; any form of
unsoundness of mind, except idiocy; mental derangement or
alienation. --Brande. --Burrill.
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Your kindred shuns your house
As beaten hence by your strange lunacy. --Shak.
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2. A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through
fanaticism. --Dr. H. More.
Syn: Derangement; craziness; mania. See Insanity.
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Lunar
(gcide) | Lunar \Lu"nar\ (l[=u]"n[~e]r), a. [L. lunaris, fr. luna the
moon. See Luna, and cf. Lunary.]
1. Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations.
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2. Resembling the moon; orbed. --Dryden.
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3. Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar
month.
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4. Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or
properties; as, lunar herbs. --Bacon.
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Lunar caustic (Med. Chem.), silver nitrate prepared to be
used as a cautery; -- so named because silver was called
luna by the ancient alchemists.
Lunar cycle. Same as Metonic cycle. See under Cycle.
Lunar distance, the angular distance of the moon from the
sun, a star, or a planet, employed for determining
longitude by the lunar method.
Lunar method, the method of finding a ship's longitude by
comparing the local time of taking (by means of a sextant
or circle) a given lunar distance, with the Greenwich time
corresponding to the same distance as ascertained from a
nautical almanac, the difference of these times being the
longitude.
Lunar month. See Month.
Lunar observation, an observation of a lunar distance by
means of a sextant or circle, with the altitudes of the
bodies, and the time, for the purpose of computing the
longitude.
Lunar tables.
(a) (Astron.) Tables of the moon's motions, arranged for
computing the moon's true place at any time past or
future.
(b) (Navigation) Tables for correcting an observed lunar
distance on account of refraction and parallax.
Lunar year, the period of twelve lunar months, or 354 days,
8 hours, 48 minutes, and 34.38 seconds.
[1913 Webster]Lunar \Lu"nar\, n.
1. (Astron.) A lunar distance.
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2. (Anat.) The middle bone of the proximal series of the
carpus; -- called also semilunar, and intermedium.
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Lunar astronomical year
(gcide) | Year \Year\, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [yogh]er, AS. ge['a]r; akin to
OFries. i?r, g?r, D. jaar, OHG. j[=a]r, G. jahr, Icel. [=a]r,
Dan. aar, Sw. [*a]r, Goth. j?r, Gr. ? a season of the year,
springtime, a part of the day, an hour, ? a year, Zend
y[=a]re year. [root]4, 279. Cf. Hour, Yore.]
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1. The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the
ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its
revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year;
also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this,
adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and
called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354
days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360
days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days,
and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of
366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on
account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).
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Of twenty year of age he was, I guess. --Chaucer.
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Note: The civil, or legal, year, in England, formerly
commenced on the 25th of March. This practice continued
throughout the British dominions till the year 1752.
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2. The time in which any planet completes a revolution about
the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.
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3. pl. Age, or old age; as, a man in years. --Shak.
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Anomalistic year, the time of the earth's revolution from
perihelion to perihelion again, which is 365 days, 6
hours, 13 minutes, and 48 seconds.
A year's mind (Eccl.), a commemoration of a deceased
person, as by a Mass, a year after his death. Cf. {A
month's mind}, under Month.
Bissextile year. See Bissextile.
Canicular year. See under Canicular.
Civil year, the year adopted by any nation for the
computation of time.
Common lunar year, the period of 12 lunar months, or 354
days.
Common year, each year of 365 days, as distinguished from
leap year.
Embolismic year, or Intercalary lunar year, the period of
13 lunar months, or 384 days.
Fiscal year (Com.), the year by which accounts are
reckoned, or the year between one annual time of
settlement, or balancing of accounts, and another.
Great year. See Platonic year, under Platonic.
Gregorian year, Julian year. See under Gregorian, and
Julian.
Leap year. See Leap year, in the Vocabulary.
Lunar astronomical year, the period of 12 lunar synodical
months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, 36 seconds.
Lunisolar year. See under Lunisolar.
Periodical year. See Anomalistic year, above.
Platonic year, Sabbatical year. See under Platonic, and
Sabbatical.
Sidereal year, the time in which the sun, departing from
any fixed star, returns to the same. This is 365 days, 6
hours, 9 minutes, and 9.3 seconds.
Tropical year. See under Tropical.
Year and a day (O. Eng. Law), a time to be allowed for an
act or an event, in order that an entire year might be
secured beyond all question. --Abbott.
Year of grace, any year of the Christian era; Anno Domini;
A. D. or a. d.
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lunar caustic
(gcide) | Nitrate \Ni"trate\, n. [Cf. F. nitrate.] (Chem.)
A salt of nitric acid.
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Nitrate of silver, a white crystalline salt (AgNO3), used
in photography and as a cauterizing agent; -- called also
lunar caustic, and more commonly called {silver
nitrate}.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Lunar \Lu"nar\ (l[=u]"n[~e]r), a. [L. lunaris, fr. luna the
moon. See Luna, and cf. Lunary.]
1. Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations.
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2. Resembling the moon; orbed. --Dryden.
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3. Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar
month.
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4. Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or
properties; as, lunar herbs. --Bacon.
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Lunar caustic (Med. Chem.), silver nitrate prepared to be
used as a cautery; -- so named because silver was called
luna by the ancient alchemists.
Lunar cycle. Same as Metonic cycle. See under Cycle.
Lunar distance, the angular distance of the moon from the
sun, a star, or a planet, employed for determining
longitude by the lunar method.
Lunar method, the method of finding a ship's longitude by
comparing the local time of taking (by means of a sextant
or circle) a given lunar distance, with the Greenwich time
corresponding to the same distance as ascertained from a
nautical almanac, the difference of these times being the
longitude.
Lunar month. See Month.
Lunar observation, an observation of a lunar distance by
means of a sextant or circle, with the altitudes of the
bodies, and the time, for the purpose of computing the
longitude.
Lunar tables.
(a) (Astron.) Tables of the moon's motions, arranged for
computing the moon's true place at any time past or
future.
(b) (Navigation) Tables for correcting an observed lunar
distance on account of refraction and parallax.
Lunar year, the period of twelve lunar months, or 354 days,
8 hours, 48 minutes, and 34.38 seconds.
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Lunar caustic
(gcide) | Nitrate \Ni"trate\, n. [Cf. F. nitrate.] (Chem.)
A salt of nitric acid.
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Nitrate of silver, a white crystalline salt (AgNO3), used
in photography and as a cauterizing agent; -- called also
lunar caustic, and more commonly called {silver
nitrate}.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Lunar \Lu"nar\ (l[=u]"n[~e]r), a. [L. lunaris, fr. luna the
moon. See Luna, and cf. Lunary.]
1. Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations.
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2. Resembling the moon; orbed. --Dryden.
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3. Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar
month.
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4. Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or
properties; as, lunar herbs. --Bacon.
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Lunar caustic (Med. Chem.), silver nitrate prepared to be
used as a cautery; -- so named because silver was called
luna by the ancient alchemists.
Lunar cycle. Same as Metonic cycle. See under Cycle.
Lunar distance, the angular distance of the moon from the
sun, a star, or a planet, employed for determining
longitude by the lunar method.
Lunar method, the method of finding a ship's longitude by
comparing the local time of taking (by means of a sextant
or circle) a given lunar distance, with the Greenwich time
corresponding to the same distance as ascertained from a
nautical almanac, the difference of these times being the
longitude.
Lunar month. See Month.
Lunar observation, an observation of a lunar distance by
means of a sextant or circle, with the altitudes of the
bodies, and the time, for the purpose of computing the
longitude.
Lunar tables.
(a) (Astron.) Tables of the moon's motions, arranged for
computing the moon's true place at any time past or
future.
(b) (Navigation) Tables for correcting an observed lunar
distance on account of refraction and parallax.
Lunar year, the period of twelve lunar months, or 354 days,
8 hours, 48 minutes, and 34.38 seconds.
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Lunar cycle
(gcide) | Lunar \Lu"nar\ (l[=u]"n[~e]r), a. [L. lunaris, fr. luna the
moon. See Luna, and cf. Lunary.]
1. Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations.
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2. Resembling the moon; orbed. --Dryden.
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3. Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar
month.
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4. Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or
properties; as, lunar herbs. --Bacon.
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Lunar caustic (Med. Chem.), silver nitrate prepared to be
used as a cautery; -- so named because silver was called
luna by the ancient alchemists.
Lunar cycle. Same as Metonic cycle. See under Cycle.
Lunar distance, the angular distance of the moon from the
sun, a star, or a planet, employed for determining
longitude by the lunar method.
Lunar method, the method of finding a ship's longitude by
comparing the local time of taking (by means of a sextant
or circle) a given lunar distance, with the Greenwich time
corresponding to the same distance as ascertained from a
nautical almanac, the difference of these times being the
longitude.
Lunar month. See Month.
Lunar observation, an observation of a lunar distance by
means of a sextant or circle, with the altitudes of the
bodies, and the time, for the purpose of computing the
longitude.
Lunar tables.
(a) (Astron.) Tables of the moon's motions, arranged for
computing the moon's true place at any time past or
future.
(b) (Navigation) Tables for correcting an observed lunar
distance on account of refraction and parallax.
Lunar year, the period of twelve lunar months, or 354 days,
8 hours, 48 minutes, and 34.38 seconds.
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lunar day
(gcide) | Day \Day\ (d[=a]), n. [OE. day, dai, dei, AS. d[ae]g; akin to
OS., D., Dan., & Sw. dag, G. tag, Icel. dagr, Goth. dags; cf.
Skr. dah (for dhagh ?) to burn. [root]69. Cf. Dawn.]
1. The time of light, or interval between one night and the
next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to
darkness; hence, the light; sunshine; -- also called
daytime.
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2. The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. --
ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured
by the interval between two successive transits of a
celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a
specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the
sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits
of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a
solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is
the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day,
below.
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3. Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by
usage or law for work.
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4. A specified time or period; time, considered with
reference to the existence or prominence of a person or
thing; age; time.
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A man who was great among the Hellenes of his day.
--Jowett
(Thucyd. )
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If my debtors do not keep their day, . . .
I must with patience all the terms attend. --Dryden.
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5. (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of
contest, some anniversary, etc.
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The field of Agincourt,
Fought on the day of Crispin Crispianus. --Shak.
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His name struck fear, his conduct won the day.
--Roscommon.
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Note: Day is much used in self-explaining compounds; as,
daybreak, daylight, workday, etc.
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Anniversary day. See Anniversary, n.
Astronomical day, a period equal to the mean solar day, but
beginning at noon instead of at midnight, its twenty-four
hours being numbered from 1 to 24; also, the sidereal day,
as that most used by astronomers.
Born days. See under Born.
Canicular days. See Dog day.
Civil day, the mean solar day, used in the ordinary
reckoning of time, and among most modern nations beginning
at mean midnight; its hours are usually numbered in two
series, each from 1 to 12. This is the period recognized
by courts as constituting a day. The Babylonians and
Hindoos began their day at sunrise, the Athenians and Jews
at sunset, the ancient Egyptians and Romans at midnight.
Day blindness. (Med.) See Nyctalopia.
Day by day, or Day after day, daily; every day;
continually; without intermission of a day. See under
By. "Day by day we magnify thee." --Book of Common
Prayer.
Days in bank (Eng. Law), certain stated days for the return
of writs and the appearance of parties; -- so called
because originally peculiar to the Court of Common Bench,
or Bench (bank) as it was formerly termed. --Burrill.
Day in court, a day for the appearance of parties in a
suit.
Days of devotion (R. C. Ch.), certain festivals on which
devotion leads the faithful to attend mass. --Shipley.
Days of grace. See Grace.
Days of obligation (R. C. Ch.), festival days when it is
obligatory on the faithful to attend Mass. --Shipley.
Day owl, (Zool.), an owl that flies by day. See Hawk owl.
Day rule (Eng. Law), an order of court (now abolished)
allowing a prisoner, under certain circumstances, to go
beyond the prison limits for a single day.
Day school, one which the pupils attend only in daytime, in
distinction from a boarding school.
Day sight. (Med.) See Hemeralopia.
Day's work (Naut.), the account or reckoning of a ship's
course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon.
From day to day, as time passes; in the course of time; as,
he improves from day to day.
Jewish day, the time between sunset and sunset.
Mean solar day (Astron.), the mean or average of all the
apparent solar days of the year.
One day, One of these days, at an uncertain time, usually
of the future, rarely of the past; sooner or later. "Well,
niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband."
--Shak.
Only from day to day, without certainty of continuance;
temporarily. --Bacon.
Sidereal day, the interval between two successive transits
of the first point of Aries over the same meridian. The
Sidereal day is 23 h. 56 m. 4.09 s. of mean solar time.
To win the day, to gain the victory, to be successful. --S.
Butler.
Week day, any day of the week except Sunday; a working day.
Working day.
(a) A day when work may be legally done, in distinction
from Sundays and legal holidays.
(b) The number of hours, determined by law or custom,
during which a workman, hired at a stated price per
day, must work to be entitled to a day's pay.
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Lunar distance
(gcide) | Lunar \Lu"nar\ (l[=u]"n[~e]r), a. [L. lunaris, fr. luna the
moon. See Luna, and cf. Lunary.]
1. Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations.
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2. Resembling the moon; orbed. --Dryden.
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3. Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar
month.
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4. Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or
properties; as, lunar herbs. --Bacon.
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Lunar caustic (Med. Chem.), silver nitrate prepared to be
used as a cautery; -- so named because silver was called
luna by the ancient alchemists.
Lunar cycle. Same as Metonic cycle. See under Cycle.
Lunar distance, the angular distance of the moon from the
sun, a star, or a planet, employed for determining
longitude by the lunar method.
Lunar method, the method of finding a ship's longitude by
comparing the local time of taking (by means of a sextant
or circle) a given lunar distance, with the Greenwich time
corresponding to the same distance as ascertained from a
nautical almanac, the difference of these times being the
longitude.
Lunar month. See Month.
Lunar observation, an observation of a lunar distance by
means of a sextant or circle, with the altitudes of the
bodies, and the time, for the purpose of computing the
longitude.
Lunar tables.
(a) (Astron.) Tables of the moon's motions, arranged for
computing the moon's true place at any time past or
future.
(b) (Navigation) Tables for correcting an observed lunar
distance on account of refraction and parallax.
Lunar year, the period of twelve lunar months, or 354 days,
8 hours, 48 minutes, and 34.38 seconds.
[1913 Webster]Distance \Dis"tance\, n. [F. distance, L. distantia.]
1. The space between two objects; the length of a line,
especially the shortest line joining two points or things
that are separate; measure of separation in place.
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Every particle attracts every other with a force . .
. inversely proportioned to the square of the
distance. --Sir I.
Newton.
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2. Remoteness of place; a remote place.
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Easily managed from a distance. --W. Irving.
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'T is distance lends enchantment to the view. --T.
Campbell.
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[He] waits at distance till he hears from Cato.
--Addison.
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3. (Racing) A space marked out in the last part of a race
course.
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The horse that ran the whole field out of distance.
--L'Estrange.
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Note: In trotting matches under the rules of the American
Association, the distance varies with the conditions of
the race, being 80 yards in races of mile heats, best
two in three, and 150 yards in races of two-mile heats.
At that distance from the winning post is placed the
distance post. If any horse has not reached this
distance post before the first horse in that heat has
reached the winning post, such horse is distanced, and
disqualified for running again during that race.
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4. (Mil.) Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured
from front to rear; -- contrasted with interval, which
is measured from right to left. "Distance between
companies in close column is twelve yards." --Farrow.
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5. Space between two antagonists in fencing. --Shak.
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6. (Painting) The part of a picture which contains the
representation of those objects which are the farthest
away, esp. in a landscape.
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Note: In a picture, the
Middle distance is the central portion between the
foreground and the distance or the extreme distance. In a
perspective drawing, the
Point of distance is the point where the visual rays meet.
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7. Ideal disjunction; discrepancy; contrariety. --Locke.
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8. Length or interval of time; period, past or future,
between two eras or events.
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Ten years' distance between one and the other.
--Prior.
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The writings of Euclid at the distance of two
thousand years. --Playfair.
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9. The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence,
respect; ceremoniousness.
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I hope your modesty
Will know what distance to the crown is due.
--Dryden.
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'T is by respect and distance that authority is
upheld. --Atterbury.
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10. A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness;
disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.
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Setting them [factions] at distance, or at least
distrust amongst themselves. --Bacon.
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On the part of Heaven,
Now alienated, distance and distaste. --Milton.
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11. Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance
between a descendant and his ancestor.
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12. (Mus.) The interval between two notes; as, the distance
of a fourth or seventh.
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Angular distance, the distance made at the eye by lines
drawn from the eye to two objects.
Lunar distance. See under Lunar.
North polar distance (Astron.), the distance on the heavens
of a heavenly body from the north pole. It is the
complement of the declination.
Zenith distance (Astron.), the arc on the heavens from a
heavenly body to the zenith of the observer. It is the
complement of the altitude.
To keep one's distance, to stand aloof; to refrain from
familiarity.
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If a man makes me keep my distance, the comfort is
he keeps his at the same time. --Swift.
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Lunar ecliptic limit
(gcide) | Ecliptic \E*clip"tic\, a. [L. eclipticus belonging to an
eclipse, Gr. 'ekleiptiko`s. See Eclipse.]
1. Pertaining to the ecliptic; as, the ecliptic way.
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2. Pertaining to an eclipse or to eclipses.
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Lunar ecliptic limit (Astron.), the space of 12[deg] on the
moon's orbit from the node, within which, if the moon
happens to be at full, it will be eclipsed.
Solar ecliptic limit, the space of 17[deg] from the lunar
node, within which, if a conjunction of the sun and moon
occur, the sun will be eclipsed.
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lunar excursion module
(gcide) | LEM \LEM\, LEM \L.E.M.\n. [acronym from Lunar Excursion Module.]
(Astronautics)
A lunar excursion module, a spacecraft designed to
transport people from a command module in orbit around the
moon to the surface of the moon and back again.
Syn: lunar excursion module, lunar module.
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Lunar method
(gcide) | Lunar \Lu"nar\ (l[=u]"n[~e]r), a. [L. lunaris, fr. luna the
moon. See Luna, and cf. Lunary.]
1. Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations.
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2. Resembling the moon; orbed. --Dryden.
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3. Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar
month.
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4. Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or
properties; as, lunar herbs. --Bacon.
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Lunar caustic (Med. Chem.), silver nitrate prepared to be
used as a cautery; -- so named because silver was called
luna by the ancient alchemists.
Lunar cycle. Same as Metonic cycle. See under Cycle.
Lunar distance, the angular distance of the moon from the
sun, a star, or a planet, employed for determining
longitude by the lunar method.
Lunar method, the method of finding a ship's longitude by
comparing the local time of taking (by means of a sextant
or circle) a given lunar distance, with the Greenwich time
corresponding to the same distance as ascertained from a
nautical almanac, the difference of these times being the
longitude.
Lunar month. See Month.
Lunar observation, an observation of a lunar distance by
means of a sextant or circle, with the altitudes of the
bodies, and the time, for the purpose of computing the
longitude.
Lunar tables.
(a) (Astron.) Tables of the moon's motions, arranged for
computing the moon's true place at any time past or
future.
(b) (Navigation) Tables for correcting an observed lunar
distance on account of refraction and parallax.
Lunar year, the period of twelve lunar months, or 354 days,
8 hours, 48 minutes, and 34.38 seconds.
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Lunar month
(gcide) | Lunar \Lu"nar\ (l[=u]"n[~e]r), a. [L. lunaris, fr. luna the
moon. See Luna, and cf. Lunary.]
1. Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations.
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2. Resembling the moon; orbed. --Dryden.
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3. Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar
month.
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4. Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or
properties; as, lunar herbs. --Bacon.
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Lunar caustic (Med. Chem.), silver nitrate prepared to be
used as a cautery; -- so named because silver was called
luna by the ancient alchemists.
Lunar cycle. Same as Metonic cycle. See under Cycle.
Lunar distance, the angular distance of the moon from the
sun, a star, or a planet, employed for determining
longitude by the lunar method.
Lunar method, the method of finding a ship's longitude by
comparing the local time of taking (by means of a sextant
or circle) a given lunar distance, with the Greenwich time
corresponding to the same distance as ascertained from a
nautical almanac, the difference of these times being the
longitude.
Lunar month. See Month.
Lunar observation, an observation of a lunar distance by
means of a sextant or circle, with the altitudes of the
bodies, and the time, for the purpose of computing the
longitude.
Lunar tables.
(a) (Astron.) Tables of the moon's motions, arranged for
computing the moon's true place at any time past or
future.
(b) (Navigation) Tables for correcting an observed lunar
distance on account of refraction and parallax.
Lunar year, the period of twelve lunar months, or 354 days,
8 hours, 48 minutes, and 34.38 seconds.
[1913 Webster]Month \Month\ (m[u^]nth), n. [OE. month, moneth, AS.
m[=o]n[eth], m[=o]na[eth]; akin to m[=o]na moon, and to D.
maand month, G. monat, OHG. m[=a]n[=o]d, Icel. m[=a]nu[eth]r,
m[=a]na[eth]r, Goth. m[=e]n[=o][thorn]s. [root]272. See
Moon.]
One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided;
the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the
length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the
name. In popular use, a period of four weeks is often called
a month.
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Note: In the common law, a month is a lunar month, or
twenty-eight days, unless otherwise expressed.
--Blackstone. In the United States the rule of the
common law is generally changed, and a month is
declared to mean a calendar month. --Cooley's
Blackstone.
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A month mind.
(a) A strong or abnormal desire. [Obs.] --Shak.
(b) A celebration made in remembrance of a deceased person a
month after death. --Strype.
Calendar months, the months as adjusted in the common or
Gregorian calendar; April, June, September, and November,
containing 30 days, and the rest 31, except February,
which, in common years, has 28, and in leap years 29.
Lunar month, the period of one revolution of the moon,
particularly a synodical revolution; but several kinds are
distinguished, as the synodical month, or period from
one new moon to the next, in mean length 29 d. 12 h. 44 m.
2.87 s.; the nodical month, or time of revolution from
one node to the same again, in length 27 d. 5 h. 5 m. 36
s.; the sidereal, or time of revolution from a star to
the same again, equal to 27 d. 7 h. 43 m. 11.5 s.; the
anomalistic, or time of revolution from perigee to
perigee again, in length 27 d. 13 h. 18 m. 37.4 s.; and
the tropical, or time of passing from any point of the
ecliptic to the same again, equal to 27 d. 7 h. 43 m. 4.7
s.
Solar month, the time in which the sun passes through one
sign of the zodiac, in mean length 30 d. 10 h. 29 m. 4.1
s.
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Lunar observation
(gcide) | Lunar \Lu"nar\ (l[=u]"n[~e]r), a. [L. lunaris, fr. luna the
moon. See Luna, and cf. Lunary.]
1. Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations.
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2. Resembling the moon; orbed. --Dryden.
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3. Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar
month.
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4. Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or
properties; as, lunar herbs. --Bacon.
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Lunar caustic (Med. Chem.), silver nitrate prepared to be
used as a cautery; -- so named because silver was called
luna by the ancient alchemists.
Lunar cycle. Same as Metonic cycle. See under Cycle.
Lunar distance, the angular distance of the moon from the
sun, a star, or a planet, employed for determining
longitude by the lunar method.
Lunar method, the method of finding a ship's longitude by
comparing the local time of taking (by means of a sextant
or circle) a given lunar distance, with the Greenwich time
corresponding to the same distance as ascertained from a
nautical almanac, the difference of these times being the
longitude.
Lunar month. See Month.
Lunar observation, an observation of a lunar distance by
means of a sextant or circle, with the altitudes of the
bodies, and the time, for the purpose of computing the
longitude.
Lunar tables.
(a) (Astron.) Tables of the moon's motions, arranged for
computing the moon's true place at any time past or
future.
(b) (Navigation) Tables for correcting an observed lunar
distance on account of refraction and parallax.
Lunar year, the period of twelve lunar months, or 354 days,
8 hours, 48 minutes, and 34.38 seconds.
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Lunar rainbow
(gcide) | Rainbow \Rain"bow`\ (r[=a]n"b[=o]`), n. [AS. regenboga, akin to
G. regenbogen. See Rain, and Bow anything bent.]
A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several
colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the
hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and
reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain.
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Note: Besides the ordinary bow, called also primary rainbow,
which is formed by two refractions and one reflection,
there is also another often seen exterior to it, called
the secondary rainbow, concentric with the first, and
separated from it by a small interval. It is formed by
two refractions and two reflections, is much fainter
than the primary bow, and has its colors arranged in
the reverse order from those of the latter.
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Lunar rainbow, a fainter arch or rainbow, formed by the
moon.
Marine rainbow, Sea bow, a similar bow seen in the spray
of waves at sea.
Rainbow trout (Zool.), a bright-colored trout ({Salmo
irideus}), native of the mountains of California, but now
extensively introduced into the Eastern States, Japan, and
other countries; -- called also brook trout, {mountain
trout}, and golden trout.
Rainbow wrasse. (Zool.) See under Wrasse.
Supernumerary rainbow, a smaller bow, usually of red and
green colors only, sometimes seen within the primary or
without the secondary rainbow, and in contact with them.
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Lunar tables
(gcide) | Lunar \Lu"nar\ (l[=u]"n[~e]r), a. [L. lunaris, fr. luna the
moon. See Luna, and cf. Lunary.]
1. Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations.
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2. Resembling the moon; orbed. --Dryden.
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3. Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar
month.
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4. Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or
properties; as, lunar herbs. --Bacon.
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Lunar caustic (Med. Chem.), silver nitrate prepared to be
used as a cautery; -- so named because silver was called
luna by the ancient alchemists.
Lunar cycle. Same as Metonic cycle. See under Cycle.
Lunar distance, the angular distance of the moon from the
sun, a star, or a planet, employed for determining
longitude by the lunar method.
Lunar method, the method of finding a ship's longitude by
comparing the local time of taking (by means of a sextant
or circle) a given lunar distance, with the Greenwich time
corresponding to the same distance as ascertained from a
nautical almanac, the difference of these times being the
longitude.
Lunar month. See Month.
Lunar observation, an observation of a lunar distance by
means of a sextant or circle, with the altitudes of the
bodies, and the time, for the purpose of computing the
longitude.
Lunar tables.
(a) (Astron.) Tables of the moon's motions, arranged for
computing the moon's true place at any time past or
future.
(b) (Navigation) Tables for correcting an observed lunar
distance on account of refraction and parallax.
Lunar year, the period of twelve lunar months, or 354 days,
8 hours, 48 minutes, and 34.38 seconds.
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