perpetual calendar
Americannoun
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a calendar devised to be used for many years, as in determining the day of the week on which a given date falls.
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a desk calendar with months, days, and dates that can be changed, as by adjusting various dials, so that it may be used over and over for many years.
Etymology
Origin of perpetual calendar
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Launched in 1941, it was the world's first serially produced perpetual calendar chronograph.
From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025
Technically, this Rubik’s Cube perpetual calendar is a calendar from 1982, not a calendar of 1982, but it still could come in handy in certain situations.
From Slate • Sep. 23, 2018
The difference between quartz and old-fashioned mechanical is that your child’s Winnie the Pooh watch will likely keep better time than a seventy-six-thousand-dollar Vacheron Constantin perpetual calendar in rose gold.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 13, 2017
Truth to tell, the Top Gun Big Pilot perpetual calendar watch is no thing of great beauty.
From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2014
In 1849 the copyright of Levi H. Corson in a perpetual calendar or almanac was renewed by special act.
From Copyright: Its History and Its Law by Bowker, Richard Rogers
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