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# gibbous

adjective (gibbous)

«gibbous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A gibbous moon is more than half lit but not yet full, so it looks like a bulging circle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gibbous/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on the phases of the Moon: new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent. Phrases: «waxing gibbous», «waning gibbous», «a gibbous moon».

### Examples

- Tonight the moon is gibbous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gibbous/#x1)
- A waxing gibbous moon is getting bigger each night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gibbous/#x2)
- After the full moon comes the waning gibbous moon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gibbous/#x3)
- Draw the eight phases of the moon, including the gibbous ones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gibbous/#x4)
- The gibbous moon lit up the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gibbous/#x5)
- A gibbous moon is more than half but less than full. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gibbous/#x6)

### Note

Pronounced «GIB-us» (hard g). Mostly used about the Moon. «Waxing» = growing, «waning» = shrinking. In maths terms: more than half (1/2) of the face is lit but less than all of it.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gibbous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gibbous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gibbous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gibbous.html) on Mova free.