lunation

[ loo-ney-shuhn ]

noun
  1. the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days); a lunar month.

Origin of lunation

1
1350–1400; Middle English lunacyon<Medieval Latin lūnātiōn- (stem of lūnātiō). See Luna, -ation

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British Dictionary definitions for lunation

lunation

/ (luːˈneɪʃən) /


noun
  1. another name for synodic month See month (def. 6)

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