What does gibbous mean?
Definitions for gibbous
ˈgɪb əsgib·bous
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Princeton's WordNet
crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphoticadjective
characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
gibbous, gibboseadjective
(used of the moon) more than half full
Wiktionary
gibbousadjective
Characterized by convexity; protuberant.
gibbousadjective
Phase of moon or planet between first quarter and full or between full and last quarter.
gibbousadjective
Humpbacked.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
GIBBOUSadjective
Etymology: gibbus, Latin; gibbeux, Fr.
The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member. Richard Wiseman.
A pointed flinty rock, all bare and black,
Grew gibbous from behind the mountain’s back. Dryden.The sea, by this access and recess, shuffling the empty shells, wears them away, reducing those that are concave and gibbous to a flat. John Woodward, Natural History.
I shall demand how the camels of Bactria came to have two bunches in their back, whereas the camels of Arabia, in all relations, have but one? How oxen, in some countries, began and continue gibbous, or hunch-backed? Brown.
Wikipedia
gibbous
Concerning the lunar month of approximately 29.53 days as viewed from Earth, the lunar phase or Moon phase is the shape of the Moon's directly sunlit portion, which can be expressed quantitatively using areas or angles, or described qualitatively using the terminology of the four major phases (new moon, first quarter, full moon, last quarter) and four minor phases (waxing crescent, waxing gibbous, waning gibbous, and waning crescent). The lunar phases gradually change over a synodic month (c. 29.53 days) as the orbital positions of the Moon around Earth, and Earth around the Sun, shift. The visible side of the Moon is variously sunlit, depending on the position of the Moon in its orbit, with the sunlit portion varying from 0% (at new moon) to 100% (at full moon). Each of the four major lunar phases is approximately 7.4 days±19 hours (6.58–8.24 days), the variation being due to the elliptical shape of the Moon's orbit.
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gibbous
Gibbous refers to the phase of the moon or any celestial body where it appears more than half but not fully illuminated, giving it a convex or hump-like shape. It can also pertain to anything that is bulging or rounded in shape.
Webster Dictionary
Gibbousadjective
swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon
Gibbousadjective
hunched; hump-backed
Etymology: [Cf. F. gibbeux. See Gibbose.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Gibbous
gib′us, adj. hump-backed: swelling, convex, as the moon when nearly full—also Gibb′ose.—ns. Gibbos′ity, Gibb′ousness.—adv. Gibb′ously. [L. gibbosus=gibberosus—gibber, a hump.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
gibbous
The form of a planet's disc exceeding a semicircle, but less than a circle.
Entomology
Gibbous
hump-backed; protuberant: said of a macula when it resembles a moon more than half full.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gibbous in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gibbous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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- محدبArabic
- sludderDanish
- gibosoSpanish
- غبغبPersian
- kuperaFinnish
- gibbeuse, gibbeuxFrench
- crotachScottish Gaelic
- gibbosoItalian
- גַבנוּנִיHebrew
- nitʼą́ą́ hanádzáNavajo, Navaho
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