English-Thai Dictionary

gibbous

ADJ(เลนส์  กระจก  นูน  โค้ง ออก  convex protuberant nun

 

gibbousity

N ความ นูน  การโค้ง ออก  bulge kwam-nun

 

gibbously

ADV นูน  โค้ง ออก  nun

 

gibbousness

N ความ นูน ของ เลนส์  กระจก  การโค้ง ออก  kwam-nun-kong-len kra-jok

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GIBBOUS

a.[L. gibbus; Gr. to bend. ] 1. Swelling; protuberant; convex. The moon is gibbous between the quarters and the full moon; the enlightened part being then convex.
The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member.
2. Hunched; hump-backed; crook-backed.

 

GIBBOUSLY

adv. In a gibbous or protuberant form.

 

GIBBOUSNESS

n.Protuberance; a round prominence; convexity. [This word is preferable to gibbosity. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GIBBOUS

Gib "bous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. gibbeux. See Gibbose. ]

 

1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon. The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member. Wiseman.

 

2. Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. -- Gib "bous *ly, adv. -- Gib "bous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gibbous

gib bous |ˈgibəs ˈɡɪbəs | ▶adjective (of the moon ) having the observable illuminated part greater than a semicircle and less than a circle. • convex or protuberant: gibbous eyes. DERIVATIVES gib bos i ty |giˈbäsitē |noun, gib bous ly adverb, gib bous ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin gibbosus, from Latin gibbus ‘hump. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

gibbous

gibbous |ˈgɪbəs | ▶adjective (of the moon ) having the illuminated part greater than a semicircle and less than a circle. • convex or protuberant: his gibbous eyes. DERIVATIVES gibbosity |-ˈbɒsɪti |noun, gibbously adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin gibbosus, from Latin gibbus ‘hump ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gibbous

gib bous /ɡɪ́bəs /形容詞 〈月 惑星が 〉凸状の (→moon ).