English Explanatory Dictionary

Metonic cycle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A particular approximate common multiple of the tropical year and the synodic month; in other words, the 19-year period over which the lunar phases occur on the same dates.

Pronunciation

/mĕtŏnĭk sīkl/

Word forms

Metonic cycle Metonic cycles

Synonyms

enneadecaeteris lunar cycle

Related words

octaeteris
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