Lunation is an English word with synonyms like moon or month. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Lunation meaning
- A month of an average of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase.
- The irregular period from one new moon until the next.
Using Lunation
- The main meaning on this page is: A month of an average of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase. | The irregular period from one new moon until the next.
- Useful related words include: lunar month, moon, synodic month, month.
- In the example corpus, lunation often appears in combinations such as: lunation number, the lunation.
Context around Lunation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lunation
- In this selection, "lunation" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hebrew, key, unique, taking, length and synodic stand out and add context to how "lunation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a key lunation taking place and a lunation or synodic. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lunation" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lunation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Hipparchus confirmed this value for the lunation length. (8 words)
Each lunar cycle can be assigned a unique Lunation Number to identify it. (13 words)
A lunation or synodic month is the mean (average) time from one new moon to the next. (17 words)
The next approximation (arising from continued fractions) after the Metonic cycle (such as a 334-year cycle) is very sensitive to the values one adopts for the lunation (synodic month) and the year, especially the year. (36 words)
With a key lunation taking place in your sector of talk and thought, it may be time to put the finishing touches to an idea or project. (27 words)
The Hebrew Lunation Number is the count of lunations in the Hebrew calendar with lunation 1 beginning on October 7, 3761 BC. (22 words)
Example sentences (6)
The Hebrew Lunation Number is the count of lunations in the Hebrew calendar with lunation 1 beginning on October 7, 3761 BC.
With a key lunation taking place in your sector of talk and thought, it may be time to put the finishing touches to an idea or project.
A lunation or synodic month is the mean (average) time from one new moon to the next.
Each lunar cycle can be assigned a unique Lunation Number to identify it.
Hipparchus confirmed this value for the lunation length.
The next approximation (arising from continued fractions) after the Metonic cycle (such as a 334-year cycle) is very sensitive to the values one adopts for the lunation (synodic month) and the year, especially the year.
Common combinations with lunation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: