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What is the noun for lune?

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lune
  1. A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles
  2. Anything crescent-shaped
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The proof we have examined in detail is one where the outer circumference of the lune is the arc of a semicircle.”
      “You would believe that Debussy himself wrote the orchestral version of Claire de lune.”
      “One of his favourite forms is the duologue between partisans of lune and of soleil.”
lune
  1. (obsolete) A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The proof we have examined in detail is one where the outer circumference of the lune is the arc of a semicircle.”
      “You would believe that Debussy himself wrote the orchestral version of Claire de lune.”
      “One of his favourite forms is the duologue between partisans of lune and of soleil.”
lune
  1. (hawking) A leash for a hawk.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The proof we have examined in detail is one where the outer circumference of the lune is the arc of a semicircle.”
      “You would believe that Debussy himself wrote the orchestral version of Claire de lune.”
      “One of his favourite forms is the duologue between partisans of lune and of soleil.”
lunes
  1. plural of lune
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  3. Examples:
    1. “To illustrate with one example, the work of Hippocrates on the quadrature of lunes is only known to us through Eudemus's History of Geometry.”
      “The squaring of the circle by means of lunes is not eristic, but the quadrature of Bryson is eristic.”
      “Plusieurs lunes is an eclectic album, although the sound is outmoded and it tends to drag on a bit.”
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