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lune

/luːn/

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What does lune mean?

noun

  1. A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles.
  2. Anything crescent-shaped.
  3. A leash for a hawk.
More meanings (2)

proper noun

  1. A river in Cumbria and Lancashire, England, which passes Lancaster.

noun

  1. (obsolete) A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.

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IPA pronunciation

/luːn/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/lɪu̯n/

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Any one who shall see in the sky such a globe, which resembles 'la lune obscurcie,' should be aware that, far from being an alarming phenomenon, it is only a machine that cannot possibly cause any harm, and which will some day prove serviceable to the wants of society.
Evelyn Charles Vivian; W. Lockwood (William Lockwood) MarshA History of AeronauticsProject Gutenberg ebook #874