LUNE

Lune

In geometry, a lune is either of two figures, both shaped roughly like a crescent Moon. The word "lune" derives from luna, the Latin word for Moon.

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lune

Noun

  1. A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles
  2. Anything crescent-shaped

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. A leash for a hawk


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