Dictionary entry overview: What does posthumously mean? â¢ POSTHUMOUSLY (adverb) The adverb POSTHUMOUSLY has 1 sense: 1. after death Familiarity information: POSTHUMOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
crescent-any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters. curve, curved shape-the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes.. a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends. 2. something, as a cookie, having this shape. 3. the figure of the moon in its first or last quarter, resembling such a shape. 4. shaped like a crescent.
The horizon or skyline is the apparent line that separates earth from sky, the line that divides all visible directions into two categories: those that intersect the Earth's surface, and those that do not.hen looking at a sea from a shore, the part of the sea closest to the horizon is called the offing. The word horizon derives from the Greek á½ÏÎ¯Î¶ÏÎ½ ÎºÏÎºÎ»Î¿Ï horizÅn kyklos, separating circle, from the verb á½ÏÎ¯Î¶Ï horizÅ, to divide, to separate, and that from á½ÏÎ¿Ï (oros), boundary, landmark.