Definitions for blue moon
blue moon

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blue moonnoun

   a long time

   "something that happens once in blue moon almost never happens"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blue moonnoun

   The second of two full moons that occur in the same calendar month.

2. blue moonnoun

   The moon tinted towards blue as it appears in the sky, caused by dust or smoke in the atmosphere.

3. blue moonnoun

   Something absurd.

4. blue moonnoun

   The third full moon in a quarter that contains four rather than the usual three full moons.

5. blue moonnoun

   A long time.

6. blue moonnoun

   A flavor of sweet ice cream that is popular in the Midwestern U.S. and is a component of Superman ice cream.

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1. Blue moon

   A blue moon is an additional full moon that appears in a subdivision of a year: the third of four full moons in a season. The phrase in modern usage has nothing to do with the actual color of the Moon, although a visually blue Moon (the Moon appearing with a bluish tinge) may occur under certain atmospheric conditions—for instance, if volcanic eruptions or fires release particles in the atmosphere of just the right size to preferentially scatter red light.

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1. blue moon

   A blue moon is a term used in astronomy to refer to the occurrence of two full moons within a single calendar month or the third of four full moons in a single season. Contrary to its name, a blue moon is not necessarily blue in color. This event is considered rare, leading to the phrase "once in a blue moon" to describe something that doesn't happen often.

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1. Blue moon

   A blue moon is usually used to describe a second full moon in a single solar calendar month, which happens every two to three years. The usage of the term blue moon to describe the second full moon in one calendar month results from a misinterpretation of the traditional definition of that term in the March 1946 issue of Sky & Telescope. Previous to that time, the term was used to describe the third full moon in a season with four. Due to the rarity of a blue moon, the term "blue moon" is used colloquially to mean a rare event, as in the phrase "once in a blue moon". The term has nothing to do with the actual color of the moon. A literal "blue moon" may occur in certain atmospheric conditions, e.g. volcanic eruptions and exceptionally large fires can leave particles in the atmosphere.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blue moon

   An indefinite period.

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1. blue moon

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How to pronounce blue moon?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say blue moon in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of blue moon in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of blue moon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of blue moon in a Sentence

1. David Bennett:

   The market for vivid blue diamonds of this level, it's so rare. Each stone is individual, in a sense, the GIA (Gemological Institute of America) graded 400 blue diamonds and only four of the 400 were graded (fancy) vivid blue. So even amongst this extremely rare class of blue diamonds, to get one vivid blue, 12 carats, internally flawless, is once in a blue moon.

2. Carreys Biden:

   But don't worry ! They say I'm eight points ahead. Poll numbers like that can only go wrong once in a blue moon.

3. David Bennett:

   For me the Blue Moon was always the blue diamond of my career. I've never seen a more beautiful stone - its shape, colour and purity. It's a magical stone.

4. Henry Louis Mencken:

   Life without sex might be safer but it would be unbearably dull. It is the sex instinct which makes women seem beautiful, which they are once in a blue moon, and men seem wise and brave, which they never are at all. Throttle it, denaturalize it, take it away, and human existence would be reduced to the prosiac, laborious, boresome, imbecile level of life in an anthill.

5. David Bennett:

   The GIA (Gemological Institute of America) graded 400 blue diamonds and only four of the 400 were graded (fancy) vivid blue. So even amongst this extremely rare class of blue diamonds, to get one vivid blue, 12 carats, internally flawless, is once in a blue moon.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=blue moon
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Blue_Moon
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Moon
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=blue moon
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=blue moon