"Gibbous" comes from the Latin, "gibber / gibbus" meaning humped,
humpbacked, protuberant, or bent according to Roland Brown's book
"Composition of Scientific Words".
Winston Barney
Subject: Define the term "gibbous"
> I keep encountering the erm "gibbous" to refer to the
> shell shape. Will someone explain this term to me,
> please?
>
> Thanks,
> linda