Who grasps the struggling heifer's lunar horns.—Alexander Pope
2
a
: of, relating to, or resembling the moon
lunar craters
a lunar landscape
b
: designed for use on the moon
lunar vehicles
3
: measured by the moon's revolution
lunar month
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This type of high-bandwidth communications is expected to become standard for future Artemis missions and will enable lunar landings in high definition.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
22 June 2026 The Artemis program is targeting the lunar south polar region, which will be tough to deal with thanks to the low angle of the sun.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
22 June 2026 While orbital deployment remains the long-term goal, nearer-term applications include wireless charging of satellites in orbit or powering lunar bases from orbit or the Moon’s surface.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
19 June 2026 This change meant Artemis III would no longer land at the lunar south pole.—
Margaret Landis,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for lunar
Word History
Etymology
Middle English lunare, borrowed from Latin lūnāris "of the moon, crescent-shaped," from lūna "moon" + -āris-ar; lūna going back to Indo-European *lou̯k-s-neh2, derivative of the verb stem *leu̯k- "become bright," whence also Old Church Slavic luna "moon," Russian luná, Old Prussian lauxnos "stars," Armenian lusin "moon"; from a stem *lou̯k-s-no- Old Irish lúan in día lúain "Monday," Avestan raoxšna- "light," (with presumed zero-grade) Greek lýkhnos "lamp" — more at light entry 1