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Anomalistic month
is always a great word to know.
So is Polaris. Does it mean:
| the polestar or North Star, a star of the second magnitude close to the north pole of the heavens, in the constellation Ursa Minor |
| any of various groups of stars to which definite names have been given and the section of the heavens occupied by such a group, such as Ursa Major, Andromeda |
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noun
1.
Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
2.
the time from any day of one calendar month to the corresponding day of the next.
3.
a period of four weeks or 30 days.
4.
Also called solar month. one-twelfth of a solar or tropical year.
5.
EXPANDAlso called lunar month. the period of a complete revolution of the moon around the earth, as the period between successive new moons (synodic month), equal to 29.531 days, or the period between successive conjunctions with a star (sidereal month), equal to 27.322 days, or the period between successive perigees (anomalistic month), equal to 27.555 days, or the period between successive similar nodes (nodical month or draconic month), equal to 27.212 days.
6.
COLLAPSEan unusually long period of time of indefinite length: I haven't seen him for months.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English mōnath; cognate with Old High German mānōd, Old Norse mānathr. See moon
before 900; Middle English; Old English mōnath; cognate with Old High German mānōd, Old Norse mānathr. See moon
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| anomalistic month | |
| —n | |
| the interval between two successive passages of the moon through perigee; 27.55455 days | |
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Word Origin & History
month
O.E. monað, from P.Gmc. *mænoth- (O.N. manaðr, M.Du. manet, Du. maand, O.H.G. manod, Ger. Monat, Goth. menoþs "month"), related to *mænon- "moon" (see moon). Its cognates mean only "month" in the Romance languages, but in Gmc. generally continue to
EXPANDdo double duty. Phrase a month of Sundays "a very long time" is from 1832 (roughly 7 and a half months, but never used literally).
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