epact

/ee-pakt/US // ˈi pækt //UK // (ˈiːpækt) //

冲击,影响力,影响

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- : the number of days since the new moon at the beginning of the calendar year, January 1.

During those few and sombre days which represented the epact of the dying year, Martin Grimbal returned to Chagford.
It is, however, only used in those years in which the epact 19 concurs with the golden number 19.
The epact 19′ (also distinguished by an accent or different character) is placed in the same line with 20 at the 31st of December.
In the calendar this epact first occurs before the 2nd of December at the 26th of November.
On account of the solar equation S, the epact J must be diminished by unity every centesimal year, excepting always the fourth.