Look up: Demi-Lune


  1. Demi-Lune
    In fortifications a demi-lune is a type of ravelin work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/FD.HTM

  2. demilune
    Type: Term Pronunciation: dem′ē-lūn Synonyms: demilune body
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=23520

  3. Demilune
    Dem'i·lune` noun [ French demi- lune .] 1. (Fort.) A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin . 2....
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/32

  4. demilune
    1. A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin. ... 2. <physiology> A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands. ... Each crescent is made of polyhed...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?demilune

  5. demilune
    (dem´e-lldbomacn) crescent (def. 2).
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  6. Demilune
    • (n.) A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin. • (n.) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/demilune/

  7. demilune
    demilune 1. A half-moon, a crescent. 2. Crescent-shaped; semilunar. 3. A crescent-shaped cell; such as, one of the serous cells of the submandibular salivary gland.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1218/

  8. demilune
    1) Crescent
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/demilune/1

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