anomalistic month

noun Astronomy.

Words nearby anomalistic month

anole, anolyte, anomalad, anomalism, anomalistic, anomalistic month, anomalistic year, anomalous, anomalous complex, anomalous correspondence, anomalous dispersion

Origin of anomalistic month

First recorded in 1760–70

Definition for anomalistic month (2 of 2)

month

[ muhnth ]

/ mʌnθ /

noun

Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.

the time from any day of one calendar month to the corresponding day of the next.

a period of four weeks or 30 days.

Also called solar month. one-twelfth of a solar or tropical year.

Also 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.

an unusually long period of time of indefinite length: I haven't seen him for months.

Origin of month

before 900; Middle English; Old English mōnath; cognate with Old High German mānōd, Old Norse mānathr. See moon

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British Dictionary definitions for anomalistic month (1 of 2)

anomalistic month

noun

the interval between two successive passages of the moon through perigee; 27.55455 days

British Dictionary definitions for anomalistic month (2 of 2)

month

/ (mʌnθ) /

noun

one of the twelve divisions (calendar months) of the calendar year

a period of time extending from one date to a corresponding date in the next calendar month

a period of four weeks or of 30 days

the period of time (tropical month) taken by the moon to return to the same longitude after one complete revolution around the earth; 27.321 58 days (approximately 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 4.5 seconds)

the period of time (sidereal month) taken by the moon to make one complete revolution around the earth, measured between two successive conjunctions with a distant star; 27.321 66 days (approximately 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 11 seconds)

Also called: lunation the period of time (lunar or synodic month) taken by the moon to make one complete revolution around the earth, measured between two successive new moons; 29.530 59 days (approximately 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, 3 seconds)

a month of Sundays informal a long unspecified period

Other words from month

Related adjective: mensal

Word Origin for month

Old English mōnath; related to Old High German mānōd, Old Norse mānathr; compare Gothic mena moon

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Idioms and Phrases with anomalistic month

month

In addition to the idiom beginning with month

month of Sundays, a

also see:

by the day (month)
(for months) on end