26 Kasım 2013 Salı

The Learning Network Blog: Word of the Day | lunar

lunar •ˈlü-nər also -ˌnär• adjective


: of, related to or linked with the Moon


The word lunar has appeared in 146 New York Times articles or blog posts in the previous yr, like on June 14 in the Op-Ed article “The Get in touch with of Mars” by Buzz Aldrin:



When I view the Moon, there are instances when I truly feel like I’m on a time machine. I am back to a cherished level in the previous — now practically 45 many years ago — when Neil Armstrong and I stood on that bleak, but magnificent lunar landscape called the Sea of Tranquility.


Whilst we have been farther away from Earth than humans had ever been, the fact is that we weren’t alone. An estimated 600 million people back on Earth, at that time the largest television audience in background, watched us plant our footprints on the Moon.





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The Learning Network Blog: Word of the Day | lunar

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