gibbose

• Adjectif technique décrivant une forme convexe, bossue ou renflée ; utilisé notamment en biologie (par exemple, une gousse gibbeuse) et en astronomie (relatif à la phase bombée de la Lune).

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.

   Plus qu'à moitié plein

   • 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.

   Synonymesbulgingconvexgibboushumpbacked