Gibbous
21gibbous — /ˈgɪbəs/ (say gibuhs) adjective 1. humpbacked. 2. (of a heavenly body) so viewed as to appear convex on both margins, as the moon when more than half full but less than full. Also, gibbose /ˈgɪboʊs/ (say gibohs). {Latin gibbōsus humped}… …
22gibbous — a. convex; hump backed; applied to moon between half and full. ♦ gibbosity, n. ♦ gibbus, n. hump …
23gibbous — adj. 1 convex or protuberant. 2 (of a moon or planet) having the bright part greater than a semicircle and less than a circle. 3 humped or humpbacked. Derivatives: gibbosity n. gibbously adv. gibbousness n. Etymology: ME f. LL gibbosus f. gibbus… …
24gibbous moon — noun A lunar phase either side of the full moon when the moons disc as seen from the Earth is larger than a semicircle. Ant: crescent See Also: new moon, first quarter, last quarter …
25waning gibbous — adjective More than half full in phase, but growing smaller. See Also: gibbous, wane, waning crescent …
26Gibbously — Gibbous Gib bous, a. [Cf. F. gibbeux. See {Gibbose}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half moon and the full moon. [1913 Webster] The bones will rise, and make a… …
27Gibbousness — Gibbous Gib bous, a. [Cf. F. gibbeux. See {Gibbose}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half moon and the full moon. [1913 Webster] The bones will rise, and make a… …
28Lunar phase — Moon phase redirects here. For the manga and anime series, see Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase. Animation of the Moon as it cycles through its phases, as seen from the Northern Hemisphere. The apparent wobbling of the Moon is known as libration. The… …
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30gibbousness — noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge the hump of a camel he stood on the rocky prominence the occipital protuberance was well developed the bony excrescence …
