anomalistic month

noun Astronomy.

See under month(def 5).

Origin of anomalistic month

First recorded in 1760–70

Words nearby anomalistic month

anole, anolyte, anomalad, anomalism, anomalistic, anomalistic month, anomalistic year, anomalous, anomalous complex, anomalous correspondence, anomalous dispersion

Definition for anomalistic month (2 of 2)

month
[ muhnth ]
/ mʌnθ /

noun

Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
the time from any day of one calendar month to the corresponding day of the next.
a period of four weeks or 30 days.
Also called solar month. one-twelfth of a solar or tropical year.
Also called lunar month. the period of a complete revolution of the moon around the earth, as the period between successive new moons (synodic month), equal to 29.531 days, or the period between successive conjunctions with a star (sidereal month), equal to 27.322 days, or the period between successive perigees (anomalistic month), equal to 27.555 days, or the period between successive similar nodes (nodical month or draconic month), equal to 27.212 days.
an unusually long period of time of indefinite length: I haven't seen him for months.

Origin of month

before 900; Middle English; Old English mōnath; cognate with Old High German mānōd, Old Norse mānathr. See moon

British Dictionary definitions for anomalistic month (1 of 2)

anomalistic month

noun

the interval between two successive passages of the moon through perigee; 27.55455 days

British Dictionary definitions for anomalistic month (2 of 2)

month
/ (mʌnθ) /

noun

Other words from month

Related adjective: mensal

Word Origin for month

Old English mōnath; related to Old High German mānōd, Old Norse mānathr; compare Gothic mena moon

Idioms and Phrases with anomalistic month

month