lune
Speech parts
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 dictionarySynonyms
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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".
The prefix dispheno- denotes two such complexes, while hebespheno- indicates a blunter complex of two lunes separated by a third lune.
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.