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Definition of Proleptic

Proleptic
Proleptic Pro*lep"tic, Proleptical Pro*lep"tic*al, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. proleptique.] 1. Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative. ``A far-seeing or proleptic wisdom.' --De Quincey. 2. Previous; antecedent. --Glanvill. 3. (Med.) Anticipating the usual time; -- applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.

Meaning of Proleptic from wikipedia

- Look up proleptic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Proleptic may refer to: Prolepsis, several meanings related to foreshadowing Proleptic calendar,...
- The proleptic Gregorian calendar is produced by extending the Gregorian calendar backward to the dates preceding its official introduction in 1582. In...
- The proleptic Julian calendar is produced by extending the Julian calendar backwards to dates preceding AD 8 when the quadrennial leap year stabilized...
- A proleptic calendar is a calendar that is applied to dates before its introduction. Examples include: Proleptic Gregorian calendar Proleptic Julian calendar...
- before the year 1, unlike the proleptic Gregorian calendar used in the international standard ISO 8601, the traditional proleptic Gregorian calendar (like...
- eclipse is identified with the one that occurred on 15 June 763 BC in the proleptic Julian calendar. The entry from ****yrian records is short and reads: "[year...
- common year starting on Sa****ay by the proleptic Julian calendar, and a common year starting on Monday by the proleptic Gregorian calendar. In the Roman Empire...
- A prosleptic syllogism (/prəˈslɛptɪk/; from Gr**** πρόσληψις proslepsis "taking in addition") is a class of syllogisms that use a prosleptic proposition...
- representations and formats: dates, in the Gregorian calendar (including the proleptic Gregorian calendar); times, based on the 24-hour timekeeping system, with...
- Using the Zhuanxu calendar, the date corresponds to 14 Nov 250 BCE on the proleptic Julian calendar. (孝文王除丧，十月己亥即位，三日辛丑卒...)) Volume 05 of Records of the...