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Callippic cycle

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[kuh-lip-ik] / kəˈlɪp ɪk /

noun

Astronomy.

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

Etymology

Origin of Callippic cycle

First recorded in 1690–1700

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