crescent
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ənt 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. See diag. under moon.
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.
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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crescent (ˈkrɛsənt, -zənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the biconcave shape of the moon in its first or last quarters |
| 2. | any shape or object resembling this |
| 3. | chiefly (Brit) |
| a. a crescent-shaped street, often lined with houses of the same style | |
| b. (capital when part of a name): Pelham Crescent | |
| 4. | heraldry a crescent moon, used as the cadency mark of a second son |
| 5. | (often capital) the crescent |
| a. the emblem of Islam or Turkey | |
| b. Islamic or Turkish power | |
| —adj | |
| 6. | archaic, poetic or increasing or growing |
| [C14: from Latin crescēns increasing, from crescere to grow] | |
| crescentic | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
crescent
late 14c., 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 1580s, 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 Latin sense is preserved in crescendo.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
crescent cres·cent (krěs'ənt)
n.
Something having concave and convex edges terminating in points. adj.
Crescent-shaped.
cres·cen'tic (krə-sěn'tĭk) adj.
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Science Dictionary
| crescent (krěs'ənt) Pronunciation Key
Partly but less than half illuminated. Used to describe the Moon or a planet. Compare gibbous. |
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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crescent
political, military, and religious emblem of the Byzantine and Turkish empires and, later and more generally, of all Islamic countries.
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Example sentences
Or look at the hippocampus, the crescent-shaped center of long-term memory.
As the waters receded, they left behind a great crescent of chalk, rich with minerals and sea fossils.
Fold the dough around the filling to form a crescent and pinch the edges to seal them tight.
The no voters form a slim crescent ringing its western and south-western shores.
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