LUNISOLAR

lunisolar

(adjective) relating to or attributed to the moon and the sun or their mutual relations

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

lunisolar (not comparable)

(of a calendar) Based on both the lunar month and the solar year.

Pertaining to or caused by both the moon and the sun.

Anagrams

• solilunar

Source: Wiktionary


Lu"ni*so"lar, a. Etym: [L. luna moon + E. solar: cf. F. lunisolaire.]

Definition: Resulting from the united action, or pertaining to the mutual relations, of the sun and moon. Lunisolar precession (Astron.), that portion of the annual precession of the equinoxes which depends on the joint action of the sun and moon.

– Lunisolar year, a period of time, at the end of which, in the Julian calendar, the new and full moons and the eclipses recur on the same days of the week and month and year as in the previous period. It consists of 532 common years, being the least common multiple of the numbers of years in the cycle of the sun and the cycle of the moon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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