lune1
[loon]
- anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- a crescent-shaped figure bounded by two arcs of circles, either on a plane or a spherical surface.
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Origin of lune1
First recorded in 1695–1705, lune is from the Latin word lūna moon
lune2
[loon]
- a line for securing a hawk.
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Origin of lune2
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Historical Examples
The artist turns with reluctance from the banks of the Lune and the Duddon.
LancashireLeo H. (Leo Hartley) Grindon
In the Vale of the Lune the Danes have left numerous traces.
The Danes in Lancashire and YorkshireS. W. Partington
Looming on the west are the wild highlands of Lune and Stainmore forests.
The Rivers and Streams of EnglandA.G. Bradley
Indeed, up to 1836, it was the only spire which could be found between the Ribble and the Lune.
Our Churches and ChapelsAtticus
The area of a spherical triangle is equal to the area of a lune whose angle is half the triangle's spherical excess.
The Teaching of GeometryDavid Eugene Smith
lune1
- a section of the surface of a sphere enclosed between two semicircles that intersect at opposite points on the sphere
- a crescent-shaped figure formed on a plane surface by the intersection of the arcs of two circles
- something shaped like a crescent
- RC Church another word for lunette (def. 6)
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Word Origin
C18: from Latin lūna moon
lune2
- falconry a leash for hawks or falcons
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Word Origin
C14 loigne, from Old French, from Medieval Latin longia, longea, from Latin longus long 1
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Word Origin and History for lune
n.
figure formed by two arcs of circles, 1704, from Latin luna "moon; crescent-shaped badge" (see luna).
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