lunar

lunar
\ \ [17] Latin lūna ‘moon’ came from an Indo- European base which also produced English light (not to mention a range of Latin ‘light’- words, such as lūx and lūmen, which have given English illustrate, lucid, luminous, lustre, etc). It had two adjectival derivatives: lūnāris, which simply meant ‘of the moon’, and was borrowed by English as lunar; and lūnāticus. This was originally used for ‘living on the moon’, but subsequently came to employed in the sense ‘crazy’, from the notion that certain sorts of periodic madness were caused by the phases of the moon. English acquired it via Old French lunatique as lunatic [13].
\ \ Cf.⇒ ILLUSTRATE, LIGHT, LUMINOUS, LUNATIC, LUSTRE

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  • 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Resembling the moon; orbed. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. Measured by the revolutions… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • lunar — LUNÁR, Ă, lunari, e, adj. 1. Referitor la intervalul de timp de o lună (II); (şi adv.) care se produce sau apare o dată pe lună; mensual. 2. (Rar) Propriu lunii (I), de lună, ca luna (de luminos, de feeric etc.). – Din fr. lunaire, lat. lunaris.… …   Dicționar Român

  • lunar — adjetivo 1. De la Luna: geografía lunar, año lunar, ciclo lunar. eclipse lunar o eclipse de Luna. 2. Que evoca o recuerda la Luna: paisaje lunar. Una claridad lunar ilumina el escenario. sustantivo masculino 1 …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • LUNAR-A — es una sonda japonesa que estaba previsto que fuera lanzada en agosto de 2004. Tras varios retrasos (debidos principalmente a potenciales fallos en los lanzadores de la sonda), la fecha de lanzamiento está ahora en el 2010. Será lanzada por un… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Lunar — Lunar, word derived from the Latin luna , meaning moon, may refer to: * adjective: having to do with or pertaining to the Moon, or to moons in general * Lunar, an RPG series of console video games. * Lunar, an EXPERT SYSTEM for analyzing the… …   Wikipedia

  • Lunar — Lu nar, n. 1. (Astron.) A lunar distance. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus; called also {semilunar}, and {intermedium}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lunar — [lo͞o′nər] adj. [L lunaris < luna, the moon: see LIGHT1] 1. of or on the moon 2. like the moon; specif., a) pale; pallid b) round or crescent shaped 3. measured by the moon s revolutions …   English World dictionary

  • Lunar — (lunarisch, v. lat.), sich auf den Mond beziehend, den Mond betreffend …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Lunar — Lunār, lunārisch (lat.), den Mond betreffend, von ihm herrührend …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • lunar — informal, nevo pigmentado. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

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