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1. (n.) epact
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year: a period of time added to a calendar to harmonize the two.
Etymology: (1545–55; < MF epacte < LL epactae < LGK epaktaí(hēmérai) intercalated (days), pl. of epaktós <epágein to bring in, intercalate)
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1. (noun) Epact
the moon's age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of the year
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1. Epact
a name given to the excess of the solar month over the lunar, amounting to 1 day 11 hours 11 minutes and 57 seconds, and of the solar year over the lunar amounting to 11 days.
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