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LUNAR
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or associated with the moon
Example:
lunar module
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Moon (the natural satellite of the Earth)
Context examples:
Taking these together, some researchers proposed that water molecules can “hop” across the lunar surface until they enter cold traps in the dark reaches of craters near the north and south poles.
(On Second Thought, the Moon's Water May Be Widespread and Immobile, NASA)
Fire rises out of the lunar mountains: when she is cold, I'll carry her up to a peak, and lay her down on the edge of a crater.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
If liquid water and a significant atmosphere were present on the early moon for long periods of time, the lunar surface would have been at least transiently habitable.
(Life Could Exist on Moon 4 Billion Years Ago, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
If confirmed, this potential reservoir of frozen water on the Moon may be sufficiently massive to sustain long-term lunar exploration.
(The Moon and Mercury May Have Thick Ice Deposits, NASA)
Tectonic pushing and pulling of the lunar crust also sculpt curved hills called lobate scarps and shallow trenches known as graben.
(Study Finds New Wrinkles on Earth's Moon, NASA)
Also, in the fact that the living responsibilities clinging to the undersigned will, in the course of nature, be increased by the sum of one more helpless victim; whose miserable appearance may be looked for—in round numbers—at the expiration of a period not exceeding six lunar months from the present date.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
This second eclipse will be a full moon lunar eclipse and will light your twelfth house of privacy and secrets.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
At the southern pole, most of the ice is concentrated at lunar craters, while the northern pole's ice is more widely, but sparsely spread.
(Ice Confirmed at the Moon's Poles, NASA)
LADEE was a robotic mission that orbited the Moon to gather detailed information about the structure and composition of the thin lunar atmosphere, and determine whether dust is lofted into the lunar sky.
(Meteoroid Strikes Eject Precious Water From Moon, NASA)
By looking at this radiated heat during the lunar night, scientists can calculate how much of the surface is covered by large, warm rocks, versus cooler, fine-grained regolith, also known as lunar soil.
(Moon Data Sheds Light on Earth’s Asteroid Impact History, NASA)
