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Metonic cycle
Cycle of indiction, a period of 15 years, employed in Roman and ecclesiastical chronology, not founded on any astronomical period, but having reference to certain judicial acts which took place at stated epochs under the Greek emperors. Cycle of the moon, or Metonic cycle, a period of 19 years, after the lapse of which the new and full moon returns to the same day of the year; -- so called from Meton, who first proposed it. Cycle of the sun, Solar cycle, a period of 28 years, at the end of which time the days of the month return to the same days of the week. The dominical or Sunday letter follows the same order; hence the solar cycle is also called the cycle of the Sunday letter. In the Gregorian calendar the solar cycle is in general interrupted at the end of the century.
Metonymic
Metonymic Met`o*nym"ic, Metonymical Met`o*nym"ic*al, a. [See Metonymy.] Used by way of metonymy. -- Met`o*nym"ic*al*ly, adv.
Metonymical
Metonymic Met`o*nym"ic, Metonymical Met`o*nym"ic*al, a. [See Metonymy.] Used by way of metonymy. -- Met`o*nym"ic*al*ly, adv.
Metonymically
Metonymic Met`o*nym"ic, Metonymical Met`o*nym"ic*al, a. [See Metonymy.] Used by way of metonymy. -- Met`o*nym"ic*al*ly, adv.

Meaning of Meton from wikipedia

- Meton of Athens (Gr****: Μέτων ὁ Ἀθηναῖος; gen.: Μέτωνος) was a Gr**** mathematician, astronomer, geometer, and engineer who lived in Athens in the 5th...
- Meton is a compound formation on the Moon that consists of several merged crater rings that have been flooded with lava, forming the remnant of a walled...
- Meton is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species: Meton digglesi Pascoe, 1862 Meton granulicollis Pascoe...
- Rekoa meton, the Meton hairstreak is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found from Mexico to Brazil. "Rekoa Kaye, 1904" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera...
- Meton tropicus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Pascoe in 1862. It is known from Australia. BioLib.cz - Meton tropicus...
- years. This nineteen-year period was called by the Gr****s as the ‘year of Meton', the time period in which the stars returned to their initial positions...
- Cleostratus Democritus Euctemon Eudoxus Heraclides Hicetas Hippocrates of Chios Meton Oenopides Parmenides Philip of Opus Philolaus Apollonius Aratus Archimedes...
- Meton granulicollis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Pascoe in 1859. It is known from Moluccas. Meton granulicollis...
- called the Metonic cycle after Meton of Athens (432 BCE), the Babylonians used this cycle before Meton, and it may be that Meton learned of the cycle from...
- Meton digglesi is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Pascoe in 1862. It is known from Australia. BioLib.cz - Meton digglesi...