interlunar adjective. [ɪntǝ'lu:nǝ] L16.
[App. from French interlunaire from Latin interlunium after lunaire (formed as LUNAR): see INTER-.]
Designating or pertaining to the period between the disappearance of the old and the appearance of the new moon.

■ interlu'nation noun (now rare) an interlunar period; fig. a dark interval: E19.

■ 'interlune noun (rare) an interlunar period M19.

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