lunulan.
/ˈluːnjᵿlə/, /ˈljuːnjᵿlə/, U.S. /ˈlunjələ/ 1. (a) Geometry = lune n.3 1, lunule n. 2. †(b) (See quot. 1712). Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > two-dimensional > lune
lunula?a1560
lunular1570
lune1704
lunule1737
meniscus1817
?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) ii. xiv. sig. O j Ye last figure called a Lunula.
1579 L. Digges & T. Digges Stratioticos 104 All others as the Lunula..and Hexagonall Battailes.
1700 Dr. Wallis in Philos. Trans. 1699 (Royal Soc.) 21 411 The Squaring a certain Lunula by Hippocrates Chius long since, hath been known..for many Ages.
1712 J. T. Desaguliers tr. Ozanam Mech. 123 We call Lunula a Plain terminated by the Circumferences of Two Circles, which touch one another on the inside [etc.].
1881 R. Routledge Pop. Hist. Sci. ii. 37 The areas of the lunulae AFBD, BGCE.
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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > secondary planet, satellite > [noun]
under-orb1605
satellite1645
lunar1655
satelles1660
secondary planet1664
moon1665
lunula1676
secondary1734
exomoon2008
1676 J. Glanvill Ess. iii. 18 The Ansulæ Saturni, the Asseclæ of Jupiter..By these Lunulæ 'tis thought that Jupiters distance from the Earth may be determined.
3.
a. Natural History. A crescent-shaped mark: = lunule n. 1.
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the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [noun] > crescent-shaped mark
lunule1828
lunula1874
lunulation1888
1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 703 The frontal lunula reaches but little beyond the eyes, instead of nearly half an inch behind them.
b. The white crescent-shaped mark at the base of the finger-nails.
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the world > life > the body > nail > [noun] > parts of nail
root end1675
lunula1828
eponychium1885
cuticle1907
1828 J. Quain Elements Anat. 699 At the posterior, or attached extremity [of the nail], a small portion will be observed differing in colour from the rest, and usually called lunula, from its form.
1891 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 12 Sept. 624/2 A patient..who had a lunula on each thumbnail only.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 361 A white band and a furrow at the lunula of the nails.
4.
a. Conchology. = lunule n. 3.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > Testacea (shelled molluscs) > shelled mollusc > shell > part of
auricle1665
heel1673
lip1681
mouth1681
whirl1681
rib1711
antihelix1721
canal1734
columella1755
vesture1755
body whirl1776
fent1776
pillar1776
pillar-lip1776
septum1786
aperture1794
body whorl1807
costa1812
seam1816
spine1822
umbo1822
varix1822
peristome1828
summit1828
nucleus1833
concameration1835
lunula1835
nympha1836
nymph1839
lunule1842
peritreme1848
body chamber1851
axis1866
umbone1867
liration1904
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 711/2 The lunula does not occur in every genus of bivalve shell.
b. Anatomy. (See quot.)
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > heart > [noun] > valve > parts of
lunula1856
leaflet1873
1856 Quain's Elements Anat. (ed. 6) III. 240 [In the heart] two narrow lunated portions, one on each side of the nodule and adjoining the free margin of the valve. These parts..are named lunulæ.
1875 T. Hayden Dis. Heart 24 This is the lunula.
5. Archaeology. A gold, crescent-shaped, neck ornament found in archaeological sites of the Early Bronze Age.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > neck ornaments > [noun] > necklace or collar
wreathOE
chain1397
collarc1400
sarpe1429
carket15..
baldric1530
carcanetc1530
necklace1530
carcan1539
caskanet1607
necklet1641
lunula1719
throatlet1844
chapletc1850
dog collar1855
necklace-collar1859
mala1872
choker1928
1719 J. Harris Hist. Kent ii. 249/1 Many also of the Lunulae were found here.
1773 Archaeologia 2 37 The small circular plates at the extremities of the Lunula.
1867 Archaeol. Jrnl. 24 197 In another remarkable discovery of golden relics.., namely the two lunulæ found at Padstow.., the precious deposit was likewise accompanied by an object of bronze.
1911 Encycl. Brit. II. 353/1 The flat, crescent-shaped, diadem-like objects called ‘lunulae’, which are..characteristic of Ireland.
1939 G. Clark Archaeol. & Society v. 133 If the distribution of crescentic jet necklaces and the gold ‘lunula’ ornaments are together plotted on the map they will be found to coincide closely with the distribution of food vessels.
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