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cres·cent    Audio Help   [kres-uhnt] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends.
2.something, as a roll or cookie, having this shape.
3.Astronomy.
a.the figure of the moon in its first or last quarter, resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends.
b.the similar figure of Mercury and Venus on either side of inferior conjunction, when seen through a telescope.
4.the emblem of Turkey or of Islam.
5.the power, religion, or civilization of Turkey or of Islam.
6.Also called Chinese crescent, Chinese pavilion, jingling Johnny, pavillon Chinois, Turkish crescent. a musical percussion instrument of Turkish origin, consisting of a pole bearing a crescent-shaped metal plate, topped with a pavillon, and hung with small bells.
7.Chiefly British.
a.a curved street, often having solid façades of unified architectural design.
b.the curve or curved portion of a street.
8.Heraldry. a representation of a crescent moon, horns upward unless otherwise specified, used as the cadency mark of a second son.
–adjective
9.shaped like a crescent.
10.increasing; growing.

[Origin: 1350–1400; < L créscent- (s. of créscéns) prp. of créscere to grow (see create, -esce); r. ME cressaunt < AF < L as above]

cres·cen·tic    Audio Help   [kri-sen-tik] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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cres·cent    Audio Help   (krěs'ənt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The figure of the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
  2. Something shaped like a crescent, especially:
    1. A curved pastry.
    2. A curved street, often presenting a continuous façade, as of row houses.

adj.  
  1. Crescent-shaped.
  2. Waxing, as the moon; increasing.


[Middle English cressaunt, from Anglo-Norman, variant of Old French creissant, from present participle of creistre, to grow, from Latin crēscere; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots.]

cres·cen'tic (krə-sěn'tĭk) adj.
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Cres·cent    Audio Help   (krěs'ənt)  Pronunciation Key 
A trademark for an adjustable open-end wrench.

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crescent 
1399, from Anglo-Fr. cressaunt, from O.Fr. creissant, from L. crescentum (nom. crescens), pp. of crescere "come forth, spring up, grow, thrive," from PIE base *ker- "to grow" (cf. L. Ceres, goddess of agriculture, creare "to bring forth, create, produce;" Gk. kouros "boy," kore "girl;" Arm. serem "bring forth," serim "be born"). First applied to the waxing moon, luna crescens, but subsequently mistaken to mean the shape, not the stage. A badge or emblem of the Turkish sultans (probably chosen for its suggestion of "increase"); figurative sense of "Muslim political power" is from 1589, but modern writers often falsely associate it with the Saracens of the Crusades or the Moors of Spain. Horns of the waxing moon are on the viewer's left side; those of the waning moon are on his right. Croissant is the modern Fr. form of the word. The original L. sense is preserved in crescendo, borrowed 1776 as a musical phrase from It., from L. crescendo, abl. of gerund of crescere.

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crescent

adjective
1. resembling the new moon in shape 

noun
1. any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters 

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crescent1 [ˈkresnt] noun
(also adjective) (having) the curved shape of the growing moon
Example: the crescent moon; crescent-shaped earrings
Arabic: هِلال
Chinese (Simplified): 月牙,新月
Chinese (Traditional): 月牙,新月
Czech: srpek měsíce; srpkovitý
Danish: halvmåne
Dutch: halvemaan(vormig)
Estonian: kuusirp
Finnish: kuunsirppi
French: croissant
German: halbmondförmig
Greek: μισοφέγγαρο
Hungarian: félhold
Icelandic: hálfmáni; sigðlaga
Indonesian: bulan sabit
Italian: falce di luna*
Japanese: 三日月
Korean: 초승달 (모양의 것)
Latvian: pusmēness; pusloks; pusmēnesveidīgs; pusloka-
Lithuanian: pusmėnulis; pusmėnulio formos
Norwegian: halvmåne, månesigd
Polish: półksiężyc
Portuguese (Brazil): crescente
Portuguese (Portugal): crescente
Romanian: semi­lună
Russian: серповидный
Slovak: kosák mesiaca
Slovenian: polmesec
Spanish: creciente; en forma de media luna
Swedish: månskära, halvmåne
Turkish: hilâl; hilâl şeklinde
crescent2 [ˈkresnt] noun
(abbreviated to Cres. when written in street-names) a curved street
Arabic: شارِع مُلتَوِ
Chinese (Simplified): 新月状街道
Chinese (Traditional): 新月狀街道
Czech: polokruhovitá ulice
Danish: buet vej; kurvet vej
Dutch: halvemaanvormige straat
Estonian: (kaarjas) tänav
Finnish: katu
French: rue (en arc de cercle)
German: halbmondförmige Straße
Greek: ημικυκλικός δρόμος
Hungarian: (ívelt) házsor
Icelandic: gata sem liggur í hálfhring
Indonesian: jalan menikung
Italian: strada ricurva*
Japanese: 三日月形街路
Korean: 초승달 모양의 거리
Latvian: līkumota iela
Lithuanian: puslankio formos gatvė
Norwegian: gate som går i en halvsirkel
Polish: ulica w kształcie półkola
Portuguese (Brazil): rua em arco
Romanian: stradă (în curbă)
Russian: изогнутая улица
Slovak: (pri názvoch ulíc) oblúkovitá ulica
Slovenian: (zavita) ulica
Spanish: calle en forma de arco
Swedish: svängd gata (husrad)
Turkish: yarım daire cadde
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crescent    Audio Help   (krěs'ənt)  Pronunciation Key 
Partly but less than half illuminated. Used to describe the Moon or a planet. Compare gibbous.

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Crescent Beach, FL (CDP, FIPS 15325) Location: 29.73106 N, 81.23880 W
Population (1990): 1081 (1553 housing units)
Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 34242

Crescent City, CA (city, FIPS 17022) Location: 41.75413 N, 124.19783 W
Population (1990): 4380 (1779 housing units)
Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 95531

Crescent City, FL (city, FIPS 15375) Location: 29.43826 N, 81.51657 W
Population (1990): 1859 (839 housing units)
Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 32112

Crescent City, IL (village, FIPS 17406) Location: 40.77147 N, 87.85644 W
Population (1990): 541 (248 housing units)
Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 60928

Crescent Mills, CA Zip code(s): 95934

Crescent Springs, KY (city, FIPS 18352) Location: 39.05245 N, 84.58025 W
Population (1990): 2179 (898 housing units)
Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Crescent Park, KY (city, FIPS 18334) Location: 39.04321 N, 84.57626 W
Population (1990): 364 (131 housing units)
Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Crescent City North, CA (CDP, FIPS 17030) Location: 41.76367 N, 124.21409 W
Population (1990): 3853 (1656 housing units)
Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Crescent, GA Zip code(s): 31304

Crescent, IA (city, FIPS 17175) Location: 41.36630 N, 95.85880 W
Population (1990): 113 (54 housing units)
Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 51526

Crescent, MO Zip code(s): 63025

Crescent, OK (city, FIPS 18250) Location: 35.94986 N, 97.58961 W
Population (1990): 1236 (663 housing units)
Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 73028

Crescent, OR Zip code(s): 97733

La Crescent, MN (city, FIPS 33866) Location: 43.82940 N, 91.30084 W
Population (1990): 4311 (1680 housing units)
Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55947

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Crescent

Ac*cres"cent\, a. [L. accrescens, -entis, p. pr. of accrescere; ad + crescere to grow. See Crescent.]

1. Growing; increasing. --Shuckford.

2. (Bot.) Growing larger after flowering. --Gray.
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Crescent

Ac*cre"tion\, n. [L. accretio, fr. accrescere to increase. Cf. Crescent, Increase, Accrue.]

1. The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth. --Arbuthnot.

2. The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth.

A mineral . . . augments not by grown, but by accretion. --Owen.

To strip off all the subordinate parts of his as a later accretion. --Sir G. C. Lewis.

3. Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.

4. A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes. --Dana.

5. (Law) (a) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark. (b) Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share. --Wharton. Kent.
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Crescent

Ac*crue"\, n. [F. accr[^u], OF. acre["u], p. p. of accroitre, OF. acroistre to increase; L. ad + crescere to increase. Cf. Accretion, Crew. See Crescent.] Something that accrues; advantage accruing. [Obs.]
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