单词 | metemptosis |
释义 | ‖ metemptosis|mɛtɛmpˈtəʊsɪs| [mod.L., f. Gr. µετά after + ἔµπτωσις, n. of action of ἐµπίπτειν to fall in or upon. In F. métemptose.] The solar equation necessary to prevent the calendar new moon from happening a day too late. (The opposite of proemptosis.)
1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v., By the metemptosis, a bis⁓sextile is suppressed each one hundred thirty four years, that is, three times in four hundred years. |

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