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lune

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1. lune - Noun

2. Lune - Proper noun

Meaning

Anything in the shape of a half moon.

A figure in the form of a crescent, bounded by two intersecting arcs of circles.

A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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It went whistling through Mickleton station, built a little outside the village, and then under Pipely road bridge before crossing the River Lune on "a noble erection of five arches of 50ft span, and 60ft in height". Source: Internet

The prefix dispheno- denotes two such complexes, while hebespheno- indicates a blunter complex of two lunes separated by a third lune. Source: Internet

These names are defined by Johnson as follows: citation :If we define a lune as a complex of two triangles attached to opposite sides of a square, the prefix spheno- refers to a wedgelike complex formed by two adjacent lunes. Source: Internet

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