Callippic cycle

[ kuh-lip-ik ]

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

Origin of Callippic cycle

1
First recorded in 1690–1700

Words Nearby Callippic cycle

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