gibbose

• Adjetivo técnico que describe una forma convexa, jorobada o abultada; se usa a menudo en biología (por ejemplo, una vaina jorobada) y en astronomía (referido a la fase convexa de la Luna).

A technical adjective describing a convex, humped, or swollen shape; often used in biology (e.g., gibbose pod) and astronomy (relating to a gibbous phase of the moon).

1. More than half fullC2formal

   Describes the moon when it is more than half illuminated but not yet full.

   Luna gibosa creciente

   • The gibbose moon cast a bright light over the field.
   • During a gibbose phase, the moon appears almost round.
   • The astronomer observed the gibbose moon through his telescope.

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