moonhoodとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

moonhood (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being a moon.
   • 2000, "Pluto plus tard", The Economist, 28 September 2000:

     Calling Charon a moon, rather than a junior partner in a coalition, is thus stretching the definition of moonhood.

   • 2001, Mercury, Volume 30, page 82:

     Although they deserve moonhood every bit as much as their larger cousins, irregular satellites continue to puzzle planetary scientists.

   • 2005, Robert Young & Paul Wallace, "Keep an eye towards the sky: Cedartown stargazers' journal", The Cedartown Standard, 6 October 2005, page 4B:

     In fact, some of the smaller of the moons of Jupiter's 63 known moons may have taken this path to moonhood.