English Explanatory Dictionary

metemptosis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of the leap day once in 134 years.

Word forms

metemptosis

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μετέμπτωσις (metémptōsis), from μετεμπίπτω (metempíptō).

Antonyms

proemptosis
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