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gibbous Definition


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gibbous
adj
    technical:
    1. Said of the moon or a planet: not fully illuminated but more than half illuminated.
    2. Humpbacked.
    3. Swollen; bulging.
Derivative: gibbosity
noun
    Etymology: 17c in senses 1 and 2; 15c, meaning ‘convex': from Latin gibbus hump.



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