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Solar calendar   /sˈoʊlər kˈæləndər/   Listen
Solar calendar

noun
1.
A calendar based on solar cycles.





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"Solar calendar" Quotes from Famous Books



... the cloudless skies and still, warm nights early led to astronomical research. At a remote period, perhaps before 4000 B.C., the Egyptians framed a solar calendar, [19] consisting of twelve months, each thirty days in length, with five extra days at the end of the year. This calendar was taken over by the Romans, [20] who added the system of leap years. The Babylonians ...
— EARLY EUROPEAN HISTORY • HUTTON WEBSTER


Words linked to "Solar calendar" :   calendar, Old Style calendar, New Style calendar, Julian calendar, Revolutionary calendar, Gregorian calendar


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