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单词 lunation
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The flower moon, for example, is a Farmer’s Almanac-listed name for May’s lunation associated with spring blooms. Corn, strawberry, sturgeon? Why are we suddenly obsessed with the names of full moons? 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z
In 2020, Melan beamed into D.C.’s music scene with her first single, “Full Moon,” a twinkling lullaby that doubles as a young girl’s coming home to self and a sleepy ode to another lunation. Melan is here for you, whether you want to dance or cry 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z
At intervals of a double lunation, equal to fifty-nine days, one and one-half hours, the terminator goes very nearly through the same objects, so that the circumstances of illumination are comparable. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z
There can be no doubt that lunation, more especially in tropical climes, influences diseases; but the effects of insolation are every where observable. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z
In fact, the year and the lunation are to one another very nearly in the proportion of 235 to 19. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z
In nineteen solar years there are 235 lunations, a number which, on being divided by nineteen, gives twelve lunations, with seven of a remainder, to be distributed among the years of the period. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z
The shape of A has become irregular, and differs in different lunations. Are the Planets Inhabited? 2011-04-24T02:00:07.733Z
The synodic period is another name for lunation, and its true length is 29 and one-half days, or very accurately 29 d. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z
Easter day, instead of being celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox, is in Abyssinia kept one lunation later. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z
Another remarkable eclipse period recurs at the end of 358 lunations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z
For, says he, because of the double epact that occurs on the 4th and 5th of April that lunation has only 29 days. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z
The word lunation means the average interval from one new moon to the next one—i. e., the time required by the moon to go from conjunction with the sun round to conjunction again. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z
The civil year consisted in general of twelve months or lunations, but occasionally a thirteenth was added in order to preserve its correspondence with the solar year. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati"
The Babylonians had thus long known that after a cycle of 223 lunations the eclipses of the moon return. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition
The writer last quoted mentions it as a very prevalent belief that the general condition of the atmosphere throughout the world, during any lunation, depends on whether the moon changed before or after midnight. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore
In order to get out of the dilemma he makes that 27, by giving to another lunation only 29 days. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z
It was inserted not at the end of the year but whenever the discrepancy had reached the number of days in a lunation. Japan
Nations whose calendar was of this description were certain to discover the Saros much sooner than those whose months were not true lunations, like the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture
They succeeded in determining its mean daily movements, and when they had established a period of two hundred and twenty-three lunations, they contrived to foretell its eclipses. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1
It is attended with considerable heat during the paroxysm, and generally terminates in a quarter of a lunation, without any disturbance of the faculties of the mind. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life
She circuits the star-sphere in about twenty-seven days and a third, while the lunation or interval from new moon to new moon is, as we all know, about twenty-nine days and a half in length. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy
The varying appearances of the moon's disc during a lunation; also those of the inferior planets Venus and Mercury, as they revolve round the sun. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.
In later times it was learned that the length for the lunation lay between twenty-nine and thirty days, and that these lengths for the month must be alternate as a general rule. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture
For him—the same benevolent provider takes pains to silence, by the same metallic spell, ten thousand other claims and clamours, contingent to each lunation of Maga. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847
At other times they observe the monthly lunations, and seem to be induced by the debility, which attends menstruation. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life
How they managed about the fractions of days outstanding—whether the common lunation was considered or the moon's motion round the star-sphere—is not known. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy
A cycle of 19 years, which contains 235 lunations, and results in a correspondence of the solar and lunar years. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.
A year, that is purely lunar, consists of twelve lunations, amounting to 354 days. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture
At the commencement of each lunation, the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth, and its non-illuminated hemisphere is turned toward us. Astronomy for Amateurs
The fever and eruption in the distinct kind take up another quarter of a lunation, and the maturation another quarter. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life
During therefore the first half of a lunation the objects occulted disappear at the dark edge and reappear at the illuminated edge, during the second half of a lunation things are vice versâ. The Story of Eclipses
This period, in the old Calendar, was taken to contain exactly 235 lunations, or intervals between new moons, of the mean moon. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I
The Jews used actual lunations for their months, but their year was one depending on the position of the sun, and their calendar was therefore a luni-solar one. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture
On examining this cycle, composed of 223 lunations, we see that there can not be more than seven eclipses in one year, nor less than two. Astronomy for Amateurs
So that in both these cases fever commenced in half a lunation after the contagion was received. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life
If such a table is consulted it will be found that never does a lunation pass without a few stars being noted as undergoing occultation, and now and then a planet. The Story of Eclipses
The calendar lunation being 29� days, the middle day is the fifteenth day, and this is and was reckoned as the day of the full moon. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I
But 2,300 solar years is an exact number, not only of lunations, but also of "anomalistic" months. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture
The calendar is constructed on the assumptions that the mean lunation is 29 days 12 hours 44 min. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
In the inoculated small-pox the fever generally commences on the seventh day, or after a quarter of a lunation; and on this circumstance probably depends the greater mildness of the latter. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life
This is, of course, practically impossible in the course of one lunation, but by utilising available opportunities, a number of observations may be obtained under various phases which will be more or less exhaustive. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features
They as well as the Malays compute time by lunations, but do not attempt to trace any relation or correspondence between these smaller measures and the solar revolution. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants
The next simplest period, the mooneth or month, is also thrust upon men's notice by the conspicuous changes constituting a lunation. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library
The lunations are estimated with much greater precision. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
Their habits of observation led them to discover the period of 223 lunations or 18 years 10 days, after which eclipses—especially those of the the moon—recur again in the same order. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.
Since the date of this book the number of known rills has been more than doubled; in fact, scarcely a lunation passes without new discoveries being made. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features
There are numerous instances of the effect of the lunations upon the periods of insanity, whence the name of lunatic has been given to those afflicted with this disease. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life
The fourteenth lunation has been made the fifteenth by Rahu once more. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
Now that lunation having commenced on the 3rd of December, and consisting of thirty days, will end on the 1st of January. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
That king, who having attended to all these considerations, sets out under a proper constellation and on an auspicious lunation, always succeeds in obtaining victory by properly leading his troops. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
A gift on particular lunations produceth merit that is twice as much as a gift on other days. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3
If a fever-fit from the above cause should commence on the seventh day after either lunation, the reverse of the above circumstances would happen. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life
If asked, one should not say what the lunation is on a particular day. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
The solar day, the solar year, and the lunar month, or lunation, may therefore be called the natural divisions of time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
Hindu astrologers teach that there is an unlucky hour every day in the month, i.e. during the period of the moon's abode in every nákshatra, or lunar mansion, throughout the lunation. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2
And there is not the moon seen in all the lunation, save only the second quarter. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
Do not palsies and apoplexies, which occur about the equinoxes, happen a few days before the vernal equinoctial lunation, and after the autumnal one? Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life
This is not the same as the Egyptian and Chaldean eclipse cycle called Saros of 223 lunations, or a little over eighteen years. History of Astronomy
Twelve lunations, therefore, form a period of 354 days, which differs only by about 11� days from the solar year. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
More than an entire lunation was lost with the Transit Circle, no observation of the Moon on the meridian having been possible between January 8 and March 1, a period of more than seven weeks. Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy
Had he lived, and recovered health, it might have proved that he was then only in another lunation: his first was when he passed from poesy to heroism.  The Life of Lord Byron
Distant periods they calculated by the solar year, but for short intervals they reckoned by lunations. The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation
The Metonic cycle is 235 lunations or nineteen years, after which period the sun and moon occupy the same position relative to the stars. History of Astronomy
But the true time of 99 lunations is 2923.528 days, which exceeds the above period by 1.528 days, or thirty-six hours and a few minutes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
In the first thirty or forty years, a cocoa-tree of the gulf of Cariaco bears every lunation a cluster of ten or fourteen nuts, all of which, however, do not ripen. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1
On land, meridional, a bispherical moon, revealed in imperfect varying phases of lunation through the posterior interstice of the imperfectly occluded skirt of a carnose negligent perambulating female, a pillar of the cloud by day. Ulysses
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