Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as parapegm.
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- noun A
device for keeping track ofcyclical events, particularly of stars, weather, seasons, and so on.
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Finally, the front dial includes a parapegma, a precursor to the modern day
MAKE Magazine 2009
adoarns commented on the word parapegma
The ancient forerunner of the modern almanac, consisting of information upon the regular, phasic changes of the seasons. From Gk.
May 3, 2007
hernesheir commented on the word parapegma
Remember silly, it rhymes with smegma.
December 1, 2011