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inex

inex noun: an eclipse cycle of 10,571.95 days, or 358 lunations.

Noun

inex (plural inexes)

  1. An eclipse cycle of 10,571.95 days, or 358 lunations.

Forms of inex

pluralinexes

Origin of inex

term coined by George van den Bergh in the Dutch book Regelmaat en wisseling bij zonsverduisteringen published in 1951 and translated to English in 1955.

Questions about inex

What does inex mean?
Inex means an eclipse cycle of 10,571.95 days, or 358 lunations.
What part of speech is inex?
Inex is a noun.
What is the plural of inex?
The plural of inex is inexes.

Words near inex in the dictionary

  1. inevitable abortion
  2. inevitable abortions
  3. inevitableness
  4. inevitables
  5. inevitably
  6. inex
  7. inexact
  8. inexacting
  9. inexactitude
  10. inexactitudes
  11. inexactly

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