lunation
111lunaison — [ lynɛzɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1119; var. lunation 1666; bas lat. lunatio ♦ Mois lunaire; intervalle de temps compris entre deux nouvelles lunes consécutives. La lunaison est de 29 jours 12 heures 44 minutes 2 secondes en moyenne. ● lunaison nom féminin… …
112Hunter — Hunt er, n. 1. One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman. [1913 Webster] 2. A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred …
113Hunter's room — Hunter Hunt er, n. 1. One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman. [1913 Webster] 2. A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A horse used in the chase; especially, a… …
114Hunter's screw — Hunter Hunt er, n. 1. One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman. [1913 Webster] 2. A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A horse used in the chase; especially, a… …
115Intercalation — is the insertion of a leap day, week or month into some calendar years to make the calendar follow the seasons or moon phases. Lunisolar calendars may require intercalations of both days and months. The solar year does not have a whole number of… …
116Leap year — A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or, in the case of lunisolar calendars, an extra month) in order to keep the calendar year synchronised with the astronomical or seasonal year. For example, in the… …
117Lunisolar calendar — A lunisolar calendar is a calendar in many cultures whose date indicates both the moon phase and the time of the solar year. If the solar year is defined as a tropical year then a lunisolar calendar will give an indication of the season; if it is …
118Metonic cycle — Heliocentric Solar System In astronomy and calendar studies, the Metonic cycle or Enneadecaeteris (from Greek words for nineteen years) is a period of very close to 19 years which is remarkable for being very nearly a common multiple of the solar …
119Julian day — JDN redirects here. For the military IT system, see Joint Data Network. For the comic book character Julian Gregory Day, see Calendar Man. Not to be confused with Julian year (disambiguation). Julian day is used in the Julian date (JD) system of… …
120Thai solar calendar — The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati ( th. สุริยคติ), has been the official and prevalent calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Chulalongkorn in 1888, although the Western calendar year is sometimes used in business, and quite often in …
