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e⋅pact
[ee-pakt] 
–noun
| 1. | the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year. |
| 2. | the number of days since the new moon at the beginning of the calendar year, January 1. |
Origin:
1545–55; < LL epacta < Gk epakt
, n. use of fem. of epaktós added, equiv. to ep- ep- + ag(ein) to lead + -tos verbid suffix
1545–55; < LL epacta < Gk epakt
, n. use of fem. of epaktós added, equiv. to ep- ep- + ag(ein) to lead + -tos verbid suffix
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| e·pact (ē'pākt') n. The period of time necessary to bring the solar calendar into harmony with the lunar calendar. [French épacte, from Late Latin epacta, from Greek epaktē (hēmera), intercalary (day), feminine of epaktos, brought in, inserted, from epagein, to bring in, introduce : ep-, epi-, epi- + agein, to lead; see ag- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Epact
E"pact\ ([=e]"p[a^]kt), n. [F. ['e]pacte, fr. Gr. 'epakto`s brought on or in, added, fr. 'epa`gein to bring on or in; 'epi` on, in + 'a`gein to bring or lead. See Epi-, and Act.] (Chron.) The moon's age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of the year. Annual epact, the excess of the solar year over the lunar year, -- being eleven days. Menstrual epact, or Monthly epact, the excess of a calendar month over a lunar.
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epact
1552, "number of days by which the solar year exceeds a lunar one of 12 moons;" also "number of days into the moon on which the solar year begins;" from Fr. epacte, from L. epacta, from Gk. epaktos, verbal adj. of epagein "to intercalate, add, bring forward," from epi "on" + agein "to bring, to lead" (cognate with L. agere "to drive, set in motion;" see act).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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