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Callippic cycle

[ kuh-lip-ik ]

noun

, Astronomy.
  1. a period equal to four Metonic cycles less one day, proposed by Callippus to correct the Metonic cycle.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Callippic cycle1

First recorded in 1690–1700

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