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Periodic month

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solar yearnounSynonym of tropical year.
tropical monthnounThe average time for the Moon to pass twice through the same equinox point of the sky (27.32158 days).
synodic monthnounthe variably cyclic period from one new moon until the next.
monthfulnounA quantity that lasts or occurs throughout a month.
monthnounA period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.
semesternounHalf of a school year (US) or academic year such as autumn or spring semester.
tropical yearnounThe time that it takes for the Sun to return to the same position along the ecliptic, as viewed from the Earth, especially, completing a full cycle of seasons.
metonic cyclenoun(astronomy, calendar studies) A particular approximate common multiple of the tropical year and the synodic month; in other words, the 19-year period over which the lunar phases occur on the same dates.
seasonal hournounSynonym of temporal hour.
halfmonthnounA period of time equal to half a month.
period of timenounSynonym of time period.
month of consecutionnoun(astronomy) A month as reckoned from one conjunction of the moon with the sun to another.
draconitic monthnoun(astronomy) the interval between the moon's successive passing of the same moving node.
semimonthlyOccurring twice a month or at half month intervals.
trimonthlynounA periodical publication that appears four times per year (every three months).
lunar monthnounA synodic month of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase.
bimesternounA period of two months.
idesnoun(historical, often capitalized) The notional full-moon day of a Roman month, occurring on the 15th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 13th day of all other months.
platonic monthnoun(astronomy, astrology) One twelfth of a Great Year, corresponding to one of the zodiacal ages (roughly 2000 years).
termnounThat which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.

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