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Definitions for Epact
[1] the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
[2] the number of days since the new moon at the beginning of the calendar year, January 1.
[3] the difference in time, about 11 days, between the solar year and the lunar year
[4] the number of days between the beginning of the calendar year and the new moon immediately preceding this
[5] the difference in time between the calendar month and the synodic month
Words nearby Epact
eozoic, ep, ep-, ep., epa, epact, epagoge, epaminondas, epanalepsis, epanaphora, epanodos
Origin of Epact
1545–55; < Late Latin epacta < Greek epaktḗ, noun use of feminine of epaktós added, equivalent to ep- ep- + ag(ein ) to lead + -tos verbid suffix
Word origin for Epact
C16: via Late Latin from Greek epaktē, from epagein to bring in, intercalate, from agein to lead