gibbous

English - Turkish

Definition of gibbous in English Turkish dictionary

kambur

Kambur ay biz ayın tam güneşli yüzünü görene kadar her gece şişmanlıyor gibi görünür. Biz bu faza dolunay diyoruz. - The gibbous moon appears to grow fatter each night until we see the full sunlit face of the Moon. We call this phase the full moon.

Ayın diskinin yarısından daha fazlası aydınlanır aydınlanmaz, kambur dediğimiz bir şekle sahiptir. - Once more than half of the disc of the Moon is illuminated, it has a shape we call gibbous.

dışbükey

{s} hörgüçlü

(Tıp) gibböz

{s} tümsek

Related Terms

gibbous moon

dışbükey moon

swollen; gibbous

şişmiş; hörgüçlü

waxing gibbous

Üçüncü dördün: Ayın dolunaydan önceki evresi

English - English

Definition of gibbous in English English dictionary

Phase of moon or planet between first quarter and full or between full and last quarter

Humpbacked

Characterized by convexity; protuberant

{a} protuberant, swelled

The curved shape of the Moon which you see when more than half is lit up in the sky by the Sun

Bounded by convex curves

Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half- moon and the full moon

Hunched; hump-backed

phase of the Moon between first quarter and full, or between full and last quarter

{s} convex (Astronomy); hunchbacked, humped

Phase of moon between first quarter and full or between full and last quarter

The phase of a celestial object when between half and all of its sunlit hemisphere is visible

characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column

(used of the moon) more than half full

Swollen on one side; see the second glume of Sacciolepis

Related Terms

gibbous moon

A lunar phase either side of the full moon when the moon's disc as seen from the Earth is larger than a semicircle

gibbous moons

plural form of gibbous moon

gibbous moon

The phase of the Moon during which more than half, but less than all, the visible hemisphere of the Moon is illuminated by sunlight

gibbous moon

The phase of the Moon when it is getting larger after the first quarter moon phase (waxing gibbous) or smaller after the full moon but before the last quarter moon (waning gibbous)

gibbous moon

when we can see roughly three-quarters of the moon's disk

waning gibbous

More than half full in phase, but growing smaller

gibbously

with an outward curve, in a gibbous manner

Hyphenation

gib·bous

Etymology

() From Middle English, from Latin gibbus (“humped, hunched”), probably cognate with cubō (“bend oneself, lie down”), Italian gobba (“humpback”), Greek κύφος (kyphos, “humpback, bent”), κύβος (kybos, “cube, vertebra”).