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单词 sidereal month
释义

month /munth/

noun
  1. One of the twelve conventional divisions of the year, or its length, a calendar month
  2. Such a length of time, loosely taken as four weeks or 30 days
  3. The length of time taken by the moon to revolve once around the earth (29.53 days), a lunar month
ORIGIN: OE mōnath, from mōna moon

monthˈling noun (archaic)

A month-old child

monthˈly adjective

  1. Performed in a month
  2. Done, recurring, or appearing once a month
noun
  1. A monthly publication
  2. A monthly rose
  3. (pl) the menses (informal)
adverb
  1. Once a month
  2. In every month

monthly nurse noun

A nurse attending a woman in the first month after childbirth

monthly rose noun

A rose supposed to bloom every month

month's mind see under mind

a month of Sundays see under Sunday

anomalistic month

The interval between the moon's perigee passages = 27.5545 days

sidereal or stellar month

The time in which the moon passes round the ecliptic to the same point among the stars = 27.3217 days

solar month

One-twelfth of a solar year

synodic month

The period of the moon's phases = 29.5306 days

tropical or periodic month

The time from the moon's passing the equinox until it reaches it again = 27.3216 days

sidereal /sī-dēˈri-əl/

adjective

Of, like, or relating to the stars

ORIGIN: L sīdus, sīderis a star, constellation

sideral /sidˈər-əl/ adjective

Sent from the stars, said esp of a malign influence

sidˈerate transitive verb

To blast or strike

siderāˈtion noun (now rare)

  1. A blast, blight, or stroke
  2. Sudden paralysis of (any part of) the body
  3. Erysipelas

sidˈerostat noun

A mirror, or telescope with a mirror, for reflecting the rays of a star in a constant direction, on the principle of the coelostat

sidereal day noun

The time the earth takes to make a revolution on its axis, relative to the time between two successive transits of a particular star

sidereal month see under month

sidereal period noun

The time a celestial body takes to return to the same position in relation to the stars

sidereal time noun

Time based on the sidereal day

sidereal year see under year

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