Definition of Lunar year

1. Noun. A period of 12 lunar months.

Generic synonyms: Year
Terms within: Lunar Month, Lunation, Moon, Synodic Month

Definition of Lunar year

1. Noun. a year determined by a certain number of phases of the moon, as opposed to the passage of the earth around the sun ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lunar Year

lunar cataclysm
lunar caustic
lunar crater
lunar day
lunar eclipse
lunar eclipses
lunar excursion module
lunar latitude
lunar module
lunar modules
lunar month
lunar occultation
lunar periodicity
lunar phase
lunar time period
lunar year (current term)
lunar years
lunare
lunarian
lunarians
lunaries
lunarist
lunarists
lunarlike
lunarnaut
lunarnauts
lunars
lunarscape
lunarscapes
lunary

Literary usage of Lunar year

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Of the lunar year and Luni-solar Periods.—The lunar year, consisting of twelve ... The lunar year, therefore, contained 354 days, falling short of the exact ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"For religious purposes the lunar year begins with its first lunar day: for civil purposes it begins with its first civil day, the relation of which to the ..."

3. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"On the second, the lunar year has begun 11 days before the solar year, ... Thus, to adjust the lunar year to the solar through the whole of 19 years, ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The lunar year, consisting of twelve lunar months, contains only 354 days; ... The lunar year, therefore, contained 354 days, falling short of the exact ..."

5. Astronomy by Simon Newcomb, Edward Singleton Holden (1883)
"As we find two different systems of months to have been used, so we may divide the calendar years into three classes, namely: (1) The lunar year, ..."

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