3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lunar  \Lu"nar\,  a.  [L.  lunaris,  fr  luna  the  moon.  See  {Luna}, 
  and  cf  {Lunary}.] 
  1.  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  moon;  as  lunar  observations. 
 
  2.  Resembling  the  moon;  orbed.  --Dryden. 
 
  3.  Measured  by  the  revolutions  of  the  moon;  as  a  lunar 
  month. 
 
  4.  Influenced  by  the  moon,  as  in  growth,  character,  or 
  properties;  as  lunar  herbs.  --Bacon. 
 
  {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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lunar  \Lu"nar\,  n. 
  1.  (Astron.)  A  lunar  distance. 
 
  2.  (Anat.)  The  middle  bone  of  the  proximal  series  of  the 
  carpus;  --  called  also  {semilunar},  and  {intermedium}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  lunar 
  adj  :  of  or  relating  to  or  associated  with  the  moon;  "lunar 
  surface";  "lunar  module" 

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