sidereal period
Britishnoun
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This is called the moon's sidereal period of revolution, because it is the time elapsed while she is traveling eastward from a given star around to coincidence with the same star again.
From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by David Peck Todd
We have now passed through one sidereal period of the moon.
From Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence by Thomas Bassnett
It may, however, be urged, that if the sidereal period of the moon be approximately a cycle of change, it would have been detected long ago.
From Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence by Thomas Bassnett
Its diameter is 7,700 miles, and its sidereal period 224.7 days.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W by Project Gutenberg
It must also be remembered that there are in latitude 40°, five or six distinct passages of the disturbing cause in one sidereal period of the moon.
From Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence by Thomas Bassnett
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