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lunation


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lunation  \Lu*na"tion\,  n.  [Cf.  {Lunated}.] 
  The  period  of  a  synodic  revolution  of  the  moon,  or  the  time 
  from  one  new  moon  to  the  next  varying  in  length,  at 
  different  times,  from  about  291/4  to  295/6  days,  the  average 
  length  being  29  d.,  12h.,  44m.,  2.9s. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  lunation 
  n  :  the  period  between  successive  new  moons  (29.531  days)  [syn: 
  {lunar  month},  {moon},  {synodic  month}] 




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