"metemptosis" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μετέμπτωσις (metémptōsis), from μετεμπίπτω (metempíptō). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|grc|μετέμπτωσις}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μετέμπτωσις (metémptōsis) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} metemptosis (uncountable)
  1. The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of the bissextile day once in 134 years. Tags: uncountable
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