Definition of Lunate

1. Adjective. Resembling the new moon in shape.

Exact synonyms: Crescent, Crescent-shaped, Semilunar
Similar to: Rounded
Derivative terms: Crescent

Definition of Lunate

1. a. Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross.

Definition of Lunate

1. Adjective. Shaped like a crescent. ¹

2. Noun. (archaeology) A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lunate

1. crescent-shaped [adj] : LUNATELY [adv]

Medical Definition of Lunate

1. Crescent-shaped. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lunate

lunar years
lunare
lunarian
lunarians
lunaries
lunarist
lunarists
lunarlike
lunarnaut
lunarnauts
lunars
lunarscape
lunarscapes
lunary
lunas
lunate (current term)
lunate bone
lunate cerebral sulcus
lunate dislocation
lunate fissure
lunate sigma
lunate sigmas
lunate sulcus
lunate surface of acetabulum
lunated
lunately
lunates
lunatic
lunatic asylum
lunatic asylums

Literary usage of Lunate

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

1. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"The lunate bone may be distinguished by its deep concavity and crescentic outline. ... The left lunate bone. narrow, flattened, semilunar facet for ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"Of these, the lateral, triangular, articulates with the navicular bone; the medial, quadrilateral, with the lunate bone. The articular surface for the ulna ..."

3. The Anatomy of the human skeleton by Henry Morris, John Ernest Frazer (1914)
"THE LEFT lunate. For triquetral- For hamate For capitate the dorsal ... The lateral surface forms a narrow crescentic articular surface for the lunate. ..."

4. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1888)
"... a small linear patch near the apex and a lunate streak near the internal angle of the same color. Fringe of the exterior margin yellowish, ..."

5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1902)
"... bill was amended by the lunate to that effect. The prohibitory clause in the bill forbids all gambling in public places where -takes are generally known ..."

6. Guide to the Study of Insects and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1878)
"A. Atlas Linn., from China, expands from seven to nine inches. Samia Is a smaller genus and with a partially transparent lunate spot in the middle of the ..."

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