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Synodic month Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix syn-

Synodic month has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)

2

a month of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase. The long-term average duration is 29.530 588 days (29 d 12 h 44 min 2.8 s), or about 29 ½ days.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
month
Rhyming Words
nth anth tenth month synth xanth panth plinth saunth teenth acanth cleanth jacinth seventh strenth nepenth corinth greenth absinth dozenth
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