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Definition of Moon around
1. Verb. Be idle in a listless or dreamy way.
2. Verb. Be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed. "Sam and Sue moon around over the results of the experiment"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moon Around
Literary usage of Moon around
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of the Heavens by Robert Stawell Ball (1885)
"If we further add that the path pursued by the moon around the heavens lies in
a plane, then we are forced to the conclusion that the moon must be revolving ..."
2. An Elementary Astronomy for Academies and Schools: Illustrated by Numerous by Hiram Mattison (1849)
"This revolution of the moon around the earth, is called a lunation. The points
A and E, in the moon's orbit, are called her syzygies ; C and G her ..."
3. Discovery, Or, The Spirit and Service of Science by Richard Arman Gregory (1916)
"The elliptical paths of the moon around the earth, the earth and other planets
around the sun, and of all satellites around their primary planets were ..."
4. A Compendium of Astronomy: Containing the Elements of the Science by Denison Olmsted (1866)
"The attraction of the sun, however, being every where greater than that of the
earth, the actual path of the moon around the sun is every where concave ..."
5. Letters on Astronomy, Addressed to a Lady, in which the Elements of the by Denison Olmsted (1848)
"T,he attraction of the sun, however, being every where greater than that of the
earth, the actual path of the moon around the sun is every where concave ..."
6. An Introduction to Astronomy: Designed as a Text Book for the Students of by Denison Olmsted (1855)
"The attraction of the sun, however, being every where greater than that of the
earth, the actual path of the moon around the sun is every where concave ..."
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