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lunation

[loo-ney-shuhn]

noun

the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29¹/₂ days); a lunar month.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English lunacyon < Medieval Latin lūnātiōn- (stem of lūnātiō). See Luna, -ation

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lunation (luːˈneɪʃən)

—n
	another name for synodic month See month

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