Definition of Lunate. Meaning of Lunate. Synonyms of Lunate

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Definition of Lunate

Lunate
Lunate Lu"nate, Lunated Lu"na*ted, a. [L. lunatus crescent-shaped, p. p. of lunare to bend like a crescent, fr. luna the moon.] Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross. --Gray.

Meaning of Lunate from wikipedia

- letter S derives from sigma while the Cyrillic letter Es derives from a lunate form of this letter. The shape (Σς) and alphabetic position of sigma is...
- Lunate is a crescent or moon-shaped microlith. In the specialized terminology of lithic reduction, a lunate flake is a small, crescent-shaped flake removed...
- relating Meeus's Lunation Number with the Brown Lunation Number is BLN = LN + 953. The Goldstine Lunation Number refers to the lunation numbering used by...
- The lunate bone (semilunar bone) is a carpal bone in the human hand. It is distinguished by its deep concavity and crescentic outline. It is situated in...
- is encoded U+03B5 ε GR**** SMALL LETTER EPSILON. The other, also known as lunate or uncial epsilon and inherited from earlier uncial writing, looks like...
- in Vienna, Austria who described osteomalacia of the lunate in 1910. It is breakdown of the lunate bone, a carpal bone in the wrist that articulates with...
- calendar based on the monthly cycles of the Moon's phases (synodic months, lunations), in contrast to solar calendars, whose annual cycles are based on the...
- columns: Radial scaphoid column: scaphoid, trapezium, and trapezoid Lunate column: lunate and capitate Ulnar triquetral column: triquetrum and hamate In this...
- In astrology, planets have a meaning different from the astronomical understanding of what a planet is. Before the age of telescopes, the night sky was...
- In brain anatomy, the lunate sulcus or simian sulcus, also known as the sulcus lunatus, is a fissure in the occipital lobe variably found in humans and...