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embolismic

embolismic adjective: relating to embolism or intercalation.

Adjective

embolismic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to embolism or intercalation.
    • an embolismic year or month
    • To predict Easter computists needed to develop a cyclical table based around a common multiple m of solar years and lunar months: that is, one in which a whole number of solar years equated to a whole number of lunar months. The general idea was that m years after some reference year, Easter will...2013 August 8, Charlotte Mulcare, “The lost mathematicians: Numbers in the (not so) dark ages”, in plus.maths.org, retrieved 08 Sep 2013

Forms of embolismic

alternative formembolismical
alternative formembolismatic
alternative formembolistic

Origin of embolismic

Compare French embolismique.

Questions about embolismic

What does embolismic mean?
Embolismic means relating to embolism or intercalation.
What part of speech is embolismic?
Embolismic is an adjective.

Words near embolismic in the dictionary

  1. embolises
  2. embolising
  3. embolism
  4. embolismal
  5. embolismatic
  6. embolismic
  7. embolismical
  8. embolisms
  9. embolismus
  10. embolistic
  11. embolite

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