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Definitions of lunate in various dictionaries:
adj - resembling the new moon in shape
A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Age.
adv - crescent-shaped [ adj ] : LUNATELY
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| crescent-shaped. |
| resembling the new moon in shape |
| Shaped like a crescent. |
| Archaeology A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period. |
| moon-shaped: |
| relating to the lunate bone of the hand |
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Lunate is a crescent or moon-shaped microlith. In the specialized terminology of lithic reduction, a lunate flake is a small, crescent-shaped flake removed from a stone tool during the process of pressure flaking. * In the Natufian period, a lunate was a small crescent-shaped stone tool that was sometimes used to harvest grasses. * In archaeology a lunate is a small stone artifact, that has a blunt straight edge and a sharpened crescent shaped back. * The word originates from the Latin word lunatus which means to bend like a crescent, and from luna meaning moon in Latin. * A lunate object can be typically used as a decorative piece or as a stone tool. |