Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In chronology, the solar equation which would be necessary to prevent the calendar new moon from happening a day too late, or the suppression of the bissextile once in 134 years.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chron.) The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of the bissextile day once in 134 years. The opposite to this is the
proemptosis , or the addition of a day every 330 years, and another every 2,400 years.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
suppression of aday in thecalendar to prevent thedate of thenew moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of thebissextile day once in 134 years.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek μετά ("beyond") + ἐν ("in") + πτωτός ("fallen").
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“The Word of the Day,” said Derrick Littlefield’s voice, “is metemptosis.
High School Confidential Jeremy Iversen 2006
pavonine commented on the word metemptosis
The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date
of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression
of the bissextile day once in 134 years. The opposite to this
is the proemptosis, or the addition of a day every 330 years,
and another every 2,400 years.
February 29, 2008
yarb commented on the word metemptosis
Cool!
March 1, 2008