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What (who) is myopic crescent - definition
crescent
![The City Flag of [[Portsmouth]], derived from the Medieval arms of [[Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/City Flag of Portsmouth.svg?width=200 "The City Flag of [[Portsmouth]], derived from the Medieval arms of [[Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus]].")
![Miniature]] of Madonna on the crescent ([[Rohan Master]], ''Hours'' of [[René of Anjou]], 15th century)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Les Heures de Paris de Rene d'Anjou01 detail.jpg?width=200 "Miniature]] of Madonna on the crescent ([[Rohan Master]], ''Hours'' of [[René of Anjou]], 15th century)")
![Seleucid]]-era Mesopotamia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Astarte with horns.jpg?width=200 "Seleucid]]-era Mesopotamia")
![Bust of [[Selene]] on a [[Roman sarcophagus]] (3rd century)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Clipeus Selene Terme.jpg?width=200 "Bust of [[Selene]] on a [[Roman sarcophagus]] (3rd century)")
![pre-Islamic]] era). Note the crescent above the arch.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tagh1.jpg?width=200 "pre-Islamic]] era). Note the crescent above the arch.")
![Triple crescent badge of [[Henry II of France]] ([[Château d'Écouen]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Crescents badge of the king Henry II of France.png?width=200 "Triple crescent badge of [[Henry II of France]] ([[Château d'Écouen]])")
![[[Mamluk]] lancers, early 16th century (etching by [[Daniel Hopfer]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Three_Mamelukes_with_lances_on_horseback.jpg?width=200 "[[Mamluk]] lancers, early 16th century (etching by [[Daniel Hopfer]])")
![Ottoman Empire]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lepanto f1.jpg?width=200 "Ottoman Empire]].")
![A naval battle painting of the [[Barbary state]] of [[Ottoman Algiers]] titled ''A Sea Fight with Barbary Corsairs'' by [[Laureys a Castro]], c. 1681](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laureys_a_Castro_-_A_Sea_Fight_with_Barbary_Corsairs.jpg?width=200 "A naval battle painting of the [[Barbary state]] of [[Ottoman Algiers]] titled ''A Sea Fight with Barbary Corsairs'' by [[Laureys a Castro]], c. 1681")
![Madonna on the crescent, [[Bad Waldsee]] church (17th century)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BadWaldsee Frauenbergkirche Gemälde Madonna.jpg?width=200 "Madonna on the crescent, [[Bad Waldsee]] church (17th century)")
![''Portrait of a Lady as Diana'' by [[Pompeo Batoni]] (1760s)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pompeo Batoni - Retrato de Dama como Diana Caçadora.jpg?width=200 "''Portrait of a Lady as Diana'' by [[Pompeo Batoni]] (1760s)")
![A circle with an upward facing crescent representing the [[Wiccan]] [[Horned God]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Horned-God-Symbol.svg?width=200 "A circle with an upward facing crescent representing the [[Wiccan]] [[Horned God]]")
![crusily]] and three crescents argent); no. 120: John Peche (gules, a crescent or, on a chief argent two mullets gules); no. 128: Rauf de Stopeham (argent, two (of three) crescents and a canton gules).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DeringRoll.jpg?width=200 "crusily]] and three crescents argent); no. 120: John Peche (gules, a crescent or, on a chief argent two mullets gules); no. 128: Rauf de Stopeham (argent, two (of three) crescents and a canton gules).")
![Stadel]] ([[canton of Zürich]]).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wappen Neuamt.png?width=200 "Stadel]] ([[canton of Zürich]]).")
![Divorde family]] (Holland and Brabant), around 1440, shows three crescents.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Écu Divorde, armorial Toison d'Or Europe, fol. 34, vers 1440.jpg?width=200 "Divorde family]] (Holland and Brabant), around 1440, shows three crescents.")
![[[Flag of South Carolina]] (1861)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flag_of_South_Carolina.svg?width=200 "[[Flag of South Carolina]] (1861)")
![[[Flag of Maldives]] (1965)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flag of Maldives.svg?width=200 "[[Flag of Maldives]] (1965)")
![emblem]] of the [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement]] around the world](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/IFRC_logo_2020.svg?width=200 "emblem]] of the [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement]] around the world"){kind=logo}
![Symbol of the [[Nationalist Movement Party]] of Turkey](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MHP_Symbol.svg?width=200 "Symbol of the [[Nationalist Movement Party]] of Turkey")
![The ''Dreamliner'' logo is painted on many [[Boeing 787]]s](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dreamliner_logo.svg?width=200 "The ''Dreamliner'' logo is painted on many [[Boeing 787]]s"){kind=logo}
![Coat of arms of the 1st-54 [[Regulares]] Battalion "Tetuán" ([[Spanish Army]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Coat of Arms of the 1st-54 Regulares Battalion Tetuán.svg?width=200 "Coat of arms of the 1st-54 [[Regulares]] Battalion \"Tetuán\" ([[Spanish Army]])")
SHAPE THAT RESEMBLES THE MOON BEFORE IT REACHES THE FIRST-QUARTER LUNAR PHASE, OR AFTER IT PASSES THE LAST QUARTER.
Crescenteric; Crescents; Increscent; Crescent formation; Cresent; 🌙; Crescent (heraldry); Decrescent; Turkic moon
['kr?z(?)nt, -s-]
¦ noun
1. the curved shape of the waxing or waning moon.
2. a thing which has the shape of a single curve, especially when broad in the centre and tapering to a point at each end.
chiefly Brit. a street or terrace of houses forming an arc.
3. (the Crescent) chiefly historical the political power of Islam or of the Ottoman Empire.
¦ adjective
1. having the shape of a crescent: a crescent moon.
2. literary growing, increasing, or developing.
Derivatives
crescentic -'s?nt?k adjective
Origin
ME cressant, from OFr. creissant, from L. crescere 'grow'; sense 3 is from the crescent-shaped emblem of Islam or Turkey.
crescent
SHAPE THAT RESEMBLES THE MOON BEFORE IT REACHES THE FIRST-QUARTER LUNAR PHASE, OR AFTER IT PASSES THE LAST QUARTER.
Crescenteric; Crescents; Increscent; Crescent formation; Cresent; 🌙; Crescent (heraldry); Decrescent; Turkic moon
I. n.
1.
New moon, moon in her first quarter.
2.
Figure of the new moon, lune.
3.
Turkish standard.
4.
[With The prefixed.] Turkish power, Ottoman Empire, Sublime Porte; Mohammedanism, Islamism, Islam.
II. a.
Growing, enlarging, increasing.
Decrescent
SHAPE THAT RESEMBLES THE MOON BEFORE IT REACHES THE FIRST-QUARTER LUNAR PHASE, OR AFTER IT PASSES THE LAST QUARTER.
Crescenteric; Crescents; Increscent; Crescent formation; Cresent; 🌙; Crescent (heraldry); Decrescent; Turkic moon
·noun A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.
II. Decrescent ·adj Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon.
