who grasps the struggling heifer's lunar horns—Alexander Pope
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a
: of, relating to, or resembling the moon
lunar craters
a lunar landscape
b
: designed for use on the moon
lunar vehicles
3
: measured by the moon's revolution
lunar month
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Stargazers looking to understand Earth’s natural satellite better should check out our ultimate guide to exploring the lunar surface, along with our guides to the best telescopes and binoculars for exploring the solar system.—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 5 July 2025 SpaceX is supposed to provide Starship as the lunar lander for the NASA mission that is taking astronauts back to the surface of the moon in a couple years, Artemis III.—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 4 July 2025 Unlike other Christian holidays, which are celebrated on the same date every year – such as Christmas – Easter and the entire Lenten season are based on the lunar cycles of the Hebrew calendar.—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying the Draper Lunar Lander headed for the moon’s Schrödinger basin on the lunar far side.—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for lunar
Word History
Etymology
Middle English lunare, borrowed from Latin lūnāris "of the moon, crescent-shaped," from lūna "moon" + -āris-ar; lūna going back to Indo-European *lou̯k-s-neh2, derivative of the verb stem *leu̯k- "become bright," whence also Old Church Slavic luna "moon," Russian luná, Old Prussian lauxnos "stars," Armenian lusin "moon"; from a stem *lou̯k-s-no- Old Irish lúan in día lúain "Monday," Avestan raoxšna- "light," (with presumed zero-grade) Greek lýkhnos "lamp" — more at light entry 1
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