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lune
/luːn/
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What does lune mean?
noun
- 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.
- Anything crescent-shaped.
- A leash for a hawk.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- A river in Cumbria and Lancashire, England, which passes Lancaster.
noun
- (obsolete) A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.
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IPA pronunciation
/luːn/
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗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.