lunar

[ loo-ner ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the moon:

   the lunar orbit.

2. measured by the moon's revolutions:

   a lunar month.

3. resembling the moon; round or crescent-shaped.
4. of or relating to silver.

noun

1. a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.

lunar

/ ˈluːnə /

adjective

1. of or relating to the moon
2. occurring on, used on, or designed to land on the surface of the moon

   lunar module

3. relating to, caused by, or measured by the position or orbital motion of the moon
4. of or containing silver

lunar

/ lo̅o̅′nər /

1. Relating to the Moon.
2. Measured by the revolution of the Moon around the Earth.

Other Words From

• un·lunar adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of lunar¹

First recorded in 1585–95, lunar is from the Latin word lūnāris of the moon. See Luna, -ar ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of lunar¹

C17: from Latin lūnāris, from lūna the moon

Example Sentences

Nearly all the lunar material currently in NASA’s possession was collected during the Apollo program.

From MIT Technology Review

Financially, the contract would make most sense for explorers already planning lunar trips.

From Fortune

Landing on the moon is neither cheap nor easy, and NASA will pay only for the lunar material that’s collected.

From Fortune

A $100 million privately funded Israeli mission to land on the lunar surface failed in April 2019.

From Fortune

Similar deposits of ice seem to dot the poles of our moon, where they could provide useful resources for future lunar explorers.

From Nautilus

Tao Lin charts the path of lunar hamsters in search of some decent wifi sometime in the year 2027.

From The Daily Beast

Chan was not among the Chinese authors whose opinion on the lunar landing Xinhua reporters sought.

From The Daily Beast

Ramadan is based on the lunar calendar, so it moves back about 10 days each year.

From The Daily Beast

The number of lunar cycles does not correspond easily to the number of seasonal ones.

From The Daily Beast

She just wanted “the bird,” the rocket, to fly, and for Neil to get a chance to plant his moon boot on the lunar surface.

From The Daily Beast

The continent of Europe-Asia would of itself appear larger than all the lunar surface which is visible to us.

From Project Gutenberg

Only in the southern ocean can the waters obey the lunar and solar attraction in anything like a normal way.

From Project Gutenberg

From the time of Solon the Attic months were lunar, composed alternately of 30 and 29 days.

From Project Gutenberg

Who is surprised to see lunar attraction raise the waters of the ocean and produce tides?

From Project Gutenberg

But Jinny had foreseen those mighty lunar motions that control the tides.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• moony