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LUNAR DISTANCE

Definition: LUNAR DISTANCE

LUNAR DISTANCE

1. The angular distance of the moon from the sun, a star, or a planet, employed for determining longitude by the lunar method .

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definitions: LUNAR DISTANCE

DomainDefinitions

Aerospace

The angle, at an observer on the earth, between the moon and another celestial body.This was the basis of a method formerly used to determine longitude at sea. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: LUNAR DISTANCE

English words defined with "LUNAR DISTANCE": Lunar method, Lunar observation, Lunar tables. (references)

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Speeches: LUNAR DISTANCE

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Richard Nixon

1969-1974As the Apollo astronauts flew over the moon's gray surface on Christmas Eve, they spoke to us of the beauty of earth--and in that voice so clear across the lunar distance, we heard them invoke God's blessing on its goodness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translations: LUNAR DISTANCE

Language Translations for "LUNAR DISTANCE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Greek 

  

σεληνιακή απόσταση. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

unarlay istanceday

   

Turkish

  

ayın uzaklığı. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: LUNAR DISTANCE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-i-l-n-n-r-s-t-u"

-2 letters: antinuclear, naturalised.

-3 letters: acidulates, andalusite, candlenuts, cantilenas, carnelians, declarants, discarnate, incarnated, incarnates, lacustrine, naturalise, retinacula, strandline, unsalaried, unstrained.

-4 letters: acidulate, acidulent, actuaries, analcites, ancestral, anelastic, antiulcer, arsenical, ascendant, ascertain, auslander, cadential, calendars, canalised, candlenut, cannister, cantilena, canulated, canulates, cardinals, carinated, carnelian, cisternal, clarinets, craniates, curtailed, curtained, declarant, dicentras, dulcianas, dulcineas, estuarial, incarnate, incrusted.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-e-i-l-n-n-r-s-t-u"
 

+4 letters: denuclearizations, quadricentennials.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: LUNAR DISTANCE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 55 4E 41 52      44 49 53 54 41 4E 43 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01010101 01001110 01000001 01010010 00100000 01000100 01001001 01010011 01010100 01000001 01001110 01000011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#85 &#78 &#65 &#82 &#32 &#68 &#73 &#83 &#84 &#65 &#78 &#67 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0055 004E 0041 0052      0044 0049 0053 0054 0041 004E 0043 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

465548355223843535435483739

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Speeches
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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