Metonic cycle
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[mi-ton-ik] 
Me⋅ton⋅ic cy⋅cle
[mi-ton-ik] 
ɪk –noun Astronomy.
| a cycle of 235 synodic months, very nearly equal to 19 years, after which the new moon occurs on the same day of the year as at the beginning of the cycle with perhaps a shift of one day, depending on the number of leap years in the cycle. |
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| Me·ton·ic cycle
(mĭ-tŏn'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
n. A period of 235 lunar months, or about 19 years in the Julian calendar, at the end of which the phases of the moon recur in the same order and on the same days as in the preceding cycle. [After Meton (fl. fifth century B.C.), Athenian astronomer.] |
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