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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the period between successive new moons (29.531 days);
[syn: lunar month, moon, lunation, synodic month]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lunation \Lu*na"tion\, n. [Cf. Lunated.] The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from about 291/4 to 295/6 days, the average length being 29 d., 12h., 44m., 2.9s. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lunation n 1: the period between successive new moons (29.531 days) [syn: lunar month, moon, lunation, synodic month]