lunation

Questions about lunation

What does lunation mean?

lunation means "the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)".

How many syllables are in lunation?

lunation has 4 syllables and divides as lu-na-ti-on under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for lunation?

Close synonyms include lunar month, moon, synodic month. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lunation a common word?

lunation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.