An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
LUNATION
Etymology
Noun
lunation (plural lunations)
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.
Synonyms
• synodic month
• lunar month
Anagrams
• Lutonian, Ultonian
Source: Wiktionary
Lu*na"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. Lunated.]
Definition: The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from about 29
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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