Words / B2

LOON-uh/ˈluːnə/

Lunar means connected with the moon: a lunar eclipse; the lunar cycle. Solar is of the sun; moon is the everyday noun. A lunar eclipse is not a solar one. Mix-up: linear is in a straight line (C1); lunatic is an offensive old word for mentally ill — avoid it. Do not write lunar for “at night”.

Meaning

Connected with the moon.

Examples

• “A lunar eclipse is not the same as a solar one on the physics paper.”
• “Lunar soil featured in the sample-return article, which is the moon-surface sense.”

Good to know

a lunar eclipse / cycle / module. Opposite pair: solar. Trap: linear. Physics, astronomy, and geography. Of the moon, not “night-time”.

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