calendrical
/kəˈlɛndɹɪkl̩/
calendrical adjective: of, pertaining to, or used by a calendar system.
Adjective
calendrical (not comparable)
- Of, pertaining to, or used by a calendar system.
- At that point, humanity crosses another threshold, miniaturizes its universe into symbolic form, and takes a toddling step toward iconography, writing, and the first stammerings of calendrical notation and mathematics.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 95
- Although other ancient Mesoamerican societies, even in the Preclassic period, also possessed calendars, only the Maya calendar can be translated directly into today's calendrical system.2009, Fred S. Kleine, Gardner's Art Through the Ages: A Global History, Thomson Wadsworth, →ISBN, page 371
- Synonyms:
- calendric
Synonyms of calendrical
Origin of calendrical
From calendar + -ical.
Words formed from calendrical
Questions about calendrical
- What does calendrical mean?
- Calendrical means of, pertaining to, or used by a calendar system.
- What part of speech is calendrical?
- Calendrical is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce calendrical?
- Calendrical is pronounced /kəˈlɛndɹɪkl̩/.
Words near calendrical in the dictionary
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