anomalistic month

[ uh-nom-uh-lis-tik muhnth, uh-nom-uh-lis-tik ]

/ əˈnɒm əˈlɪs tɪk ˈmʌnθ, əˌnɒm əˈlɪs tɪk /

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Origin of anomalistic month

First recorded in 1760–70

Words nearby anomalistic month

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

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How to use anomalistic month in a sentence

A Charlie Hebdo reporter said that security provision had been relaxed in the last month or so and the police car disappeared.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The month of May will see an Irish referendum on the legalization of same-sex marriage.
‘Only God’ Can Stop Gay Marriage|Tim Mak|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
As he tried to make his way through a crowd of mourners late last month, he looked preoccupied and even disoriented.
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The Daily Beast has followed some of the refugees who landed in Sicily a month ago.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST

And with regular clients that see him at least twice a month, relationships inevitably form.
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On the thirteenth of the same month they bound to the stake, in order to burn alive, a man who had two religious in his house.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
The Father had been in sore straits of mind, as month after month had passed without tidings of his "blessed child."
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
After an eight weeks' siege, a breach having been made, the city surrendered, and a month later the fort followed the example.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
A little boy of two years and one month was once asked to give a lot of old toys to the children of the gardener.
Children's Ways|James Sully
The first month I was here, when there were only five of us, it was quite another matter, but now the room is crowded every time.
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British Dictionary definitions for anomalistic month

anomalistic month

noun

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

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