Definition of Calippec
Ca*lip"pic (?), a. Of or
pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer.
Calippic period, a period of seventy-six
years, proposed by Calippus, as an improvement on the Metonic
cycle, since the 6940 days of the Metonic cycle exceeded 19 years
by about a quarter of a day, and exceeded 235 lunations by
something more.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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