lunar monthnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌluː.nə ˈmʌnθ/us/ˌluː.nɚ ˈmʌnθ/the period of time (about 29.5 days) that it takes the moon to go around the earth
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Specific periods of time
- around-the-clock
- British Summer Time
- BST
- calendar month
- daylight saving time
- depth
- generation
- hr
- hundred
- Jurassic
- microsecond
- midpoint
- Midsummer's Day
- Q, q
- quarter
- Quaternary
- response time
- s
- sec
- trimester
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Examples from literature
- – A lunar month is the time the Moon takes to go around the Earth.