different between crescent vs selenoid

English

Alternative forms

• (curved street): cres. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Middle English cressaunt, from Anglo-Norman cressaunt and Old French creissant (“crescent of the moon”) (French croissant), from Latin cr?sc?ns, present active participle of cr?sc? (“arise, thrive”), from Proto-Indo-European *?reh?- (“to grow”). See Old Armenian ????? (serim, “be born”) and ????? (serem, “bring forth”), Ancient Greek ???? (kór?, “girl”) and ?????? (koúros, “boy”), Latin creare (“produce, create, bring forth”) and Ceres (“goddess of agriculture”). Doublet of croissant.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??.z?nt/, /?k??.s?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??.s?nt/, /?k??.z?nt/
• Rhymes: -?s?nt, -?z?nt

Noun

crescent (plural crescents)

1. The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
2. Something shaped like a crescent, especially:
   1. A curved pastry.
   2. A curved street, often presenting a continuous façade, as of row houses.
3. (Islam) A representation of crescent used as a symbol of Islam.

4. (New Zealand) A crescent spanner.
5. (historical) Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.

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6. (heraldry) The emblem of the waxing Moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.
7. A crescentspot butterfly.

Derived terms

• Crescent City
• crescent roll
• Crescent Springs
• Fertile Crescent

Translations

Adjective

crescent (not comparable)

1. (dated, rare) marked by an increase; waxing, like the Moon.
   • 1835, Tennyson, “Locksley Hall”, Poems, Moxon, London (1842):

     O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set.
2. Shaped like a crescent.

Antonyms

• gibbous

Translations

Verb

crescent (third-person singular simple present crescents, present participle crescenting, simple past and past participle crescented)

1. (transitive) To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent.
2. (transitive) To adorn with crescents.

Latin

Verb

cr?scent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of cr?sc?

English

Etymology

seleno- +? -oid

Adjective

selenoid (comparative more selenoid, superlative most selenoid)

1. crescent-shaped

Noun

selenoid (plural selenoids)

1. any satellite of the Earth's moon (none of which are known)

See also

• selenic
• solenoid

Anagrams

• enediols, enolised, esloined, lesioned