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English Dictionary: Lunation by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lunation
n
  1. the period between successive new moons (29.531 days) [syn: lunar month, moon, lunation, synodic month]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lunation \Lu*na"tion\, n. [Cf. {Lunated}.]
      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[frac14] to 29[frac56] days,
      the average length being 29 d., 12h., 44m., 2.9s.
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