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19 solar year recurrence of lunar phases
The Metonic cycle or enneadecaeteris (from Ancient Greek: ἐννεακαιδεκαετηρίς, from ἐννεακαίδεκα, "nineteen") is a period of almost exactly 19 years after
Metonic_cycle
Lunisolar calendar used for Jewish religious observances
leap months are now added in 7 out of every 19 years according to the Metonic cycle. Nowadays, Hebrew years are generally counted according to the system
Hebrew_calendar
Calendar with lunar month, solar year
calendars have 7 leap months in every cycle of 19 years (called a 'Metonic cycle'). The Babylonians applied the 19-year cycle in the late sixth century BCE.
Lunisolar_calendar
Lunisolar calendars from Southeast Asia
sidereal year. Instead, they employ their versions of the Metonic cycle. However, since the Metonic cycle is not very accurate for sidereal years, the Southeast
Buddhist_calendar
Calculation and prediction of eclipses
series active. Octon 8 eclipse seasons, 1⁄5 of the Metonic cycle, and a fairly decent short eclipse cycle, but poor in anomalistic returns. Each octon in
Eclipse_cycle
Burmese lunisolar calendar
version of the Metonic cycle. The calendar therefore has to reconcile the sidereal years of the Hindu calendar with the Metonic cycle's near tropical years
Burmese_calendar
eight-year cycles. Then 84-year tables were introduced in Rome by Augustalis near the end of the 3rd century. Although a process based on the 19-year Metonic cycle
Date_of_Easter
Ancient Greek analogue astronomical computer
and Metonic cycles. Also written is "223" for the Saros cycle. On fragment E, it is written "on the spiral subdivisions 235" referring to the Metonic dial
Antikythera_mechanism
Lunisolar calendar
predictable lunisolar cycle, so that 19 years comprised 235 months. Although this 19-year cycle is usually called the Metonic cycle after Meton of Athens
Babylonian_calendar
Astronomical cycle lasting 76 years
years, as an improvement of the 19-year Metonic cycle. A century before Callippus, Meton had described a cycle in which 19 years equals 235 lunations,
Callippic_cycle
Global climate cycles
Milankovitch cycles describe the collective effects of changes in the Earth's movements on its climate over thousands of years. The phenomenon is named
Milankovitch_cycles
Lunar phase when the Moon is fully illuminated
equinox) for the first time since 1991, after a period known as the Metonic cycle. All full moons rise around the time of sunset. Since the Moon moves
Full_moon
Tower in Lier, Belgium
seasons, the tides, the age of the Moon, the phases of the Moon and the Metonic cycle and the epact. This dial shows the difference in minutes between the
Zimmer_tower
Principal calendar used in Ethiopia and Eritrea
15 Metonic cycles to the existing 13 Metonic cycles of the Diocletian Era (15×19 + 13×19 = 532) to obtain an entire 532 year medieval Easter cycle, whose
Ethiopian_calendar
Position of the year within the Metonic cycle
the dates of all the calendric new moons for each year in a 19-year Metonic cycle. They are used in computus (the calculation of the date of Easter) and
Golden_number_(time)
Length of time after which an eclipse repeats
visible with the unaided eye. Above it, the period of the Metonic cycle and the Callippic cycle are also visible. 1 saros = 6585.3211 days = 15 common
Saros_(astronomy)
5th century BC Greek astronomer
19-year Metonic cycle, which he introduced in 432 BC into the lunisolar Attic calendar. Euphronios says that Colonus was Meton's deme. The Metonic calendar
Meton_of_Athens
Total lunar eclipse of 3 March 2026
the next lunar year eclipse set. The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs
March_2026_lunar_eclipse
Historic lunisolar calendar
a version of the Metonic cycle. The calendar therefore has to reconcile the sidereal years of the Hindu calendar with Metonic cycle's tropical years by
Chula_Sakarat
Astronomical event
the next lunar year eclipse set. The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs
August_2026_lunar_eclipse
Mesoamerican calendars – Metonic cycle – Milankovitch cycles – Mira – Moon – Nutation – Orbit – Orbital period – Saros cycle – Sothic cycle – Secularity – Sidereal
List_of_cycles
Change of rotational axis in an astronomical body
years), the Callipic cycle (which is four Metonic cycles and more accurate), the Saros cycle, and the Exeligmos cycles (three Saros cycles for the accurate
Axial_precession
Theory of Reconciliation of the lunar calendar and solar calendar
95-years cycle consisted of five sub cycles of 19 years. The sub cycle of 19 years is called as Metonic Cycle in the modern times. The cycle of 19 years
Yajnavalkya_95_Years_Cycle
Span of time defined for the purposes of chronology or historiography
Time Astronomic time Cosmic Calendar Ephemeris Galactic year Metonic cycle Milankovitch cycles Geologic time Concepts Deep time Geological history of Earth
Era
Natural number
central imagers. It is a shape akin to the order-3 magic hexagon. The Metonic cycle is almost exactly 19 years long. The number of angels guarding Hell
19_(number)
Age of a phase of the moon in days, and method
tropical years are deemed to be as long as 235 synodic months (Metonic cycle). A cycle can last 6939 or 6940 full days, depending on whether there are
Epact
Study and interpretation of the signatures of the Earth's magnetic field
Time Astronomic time Cosmic Calendar Ephemeris Galactic year Metonic cycle Milankovitch cycles Geologic time Concepts Deep time Geological history of Earth
Archaeomagnetic_dating
Study of the past
Time Astronomic time Cosmic Calendar Ephemeris Galactic year Metonic cycle Milankovitch cycles Geologic time Concepts Deep time Geological history of Earth
History
Astronomical phenomenon
than the number of days in 12 lunar cycles, so every two or three years (seven times in the 19 year Metonic cycle), there is an extra full moon in the
Blue_moon
Internationally accepted civil calendar
Gregorian Easter computus is due to its being the product of the 19-year Metonic cycle, the thirty different possible values of the epact, and the least common
Gregorian_calendar
Reference point from which time is measured
to time Lunisolar calendar – Calendar with lunar month, solar year Metonic cycle – 19 solar year recurrence of lunar phases Saros (astronomy) – Length
Epoch
month was added in the years: 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, 19 of the 19-years Metonic cycle. See About the structure of the Attic Calendar The Athenian months were
History_of_calendars
Late Nordic Bronze Age artifact discovered in Denmark
sides of the disc encode knowledge of the 19-year lunisolar Metonic cycle. The Metonic cycle is also thought to be encoded on the later Berlin Gold Hat
Trundholm_sun_chariot
4th-century BC Greek astronomer and mathematician
orbit and rotations per orbit within the Metonic cycle, noting the difference of one after 4 Metonic cycles, a duration of 76 years. Distinguishing rotations
Callippus
Sign of the Chinese zodiac
sixty-year zodiacal cycle. Part of this achievement was the discovery and incorporation of the nineteen-year so-called Metonic cycle which correlates lunar
Rat_(zodiac)
1991 pseudohistorical conspiracy theory
Time Astronomic time Cosmic Calendar Ephemeris Galactic year Metonic cycle Milankovitch cycles Geologic time Concepts Deep time Geological history of Earth
Phantom time conspiracy theory
Phantom_time_conspiracy_theory
Bronze artefact, c. 1600 BC, found in Nebra, Germany
disc encodes knowledge of the 19-year lunisolar Metonic cycle. According to Sommerfeld the Metonic cycle is similarly encoded on the disc of the Trundholm
Nebra_sky_disc
Topics referred to by the same term
(time), a number assigned to a calendar year denoting its place in a Metonic cycle Golden ratio, an irrational mathematical constant with special properties
Golden_number
Continuous progression from past to future
in which the universe goes through repeated cycles of creation, destruction and rebirth, with each cycle lasting 4,320 million years. Ancient Greek philosophers
Time
Lunar calendar used by most Muslims
lunar cycle. Traditionally, this is based on actual observation of the moon's crescent ("hilal"), marking the end of the previous lunar cycle and hence
Islamic_calendar
Calendar era based on the birth of Jesus
back 532 years from the first year of his new table, following an 532-year cycle established by the astronomical computations of Victorius of Aquitaine (the
Anno_Domini
Solar calendar
cycle devised by Callippus (a student under Eudoxus) to improve the Metonic cycle. In Persia (Iran) after the reform in the old Persian calendar by introduction
Julian_calendar
Modern calendar era
Time Astronomic time Cosmic Calendar Ephemeris Galactic year Metonic cycle Milankovitch cycles Geologic time Concepts Deep time Geological history of Earth
Common_Era
Time scales on the billions of years
Unconformity at Siccar Point convinced Playfair and Hall of this extremely slow cycle, and in that same year Hutton memorably wrote "we find no vestige of a beginning
Deep_time
Historical method for reckoning time in China
The sexagenary cycle, liùshí huājiǎ (六十花甲), also known as the gānzhī (干支) or stems-and-branches, is a cycle of sixty terms used to designate successive
Sexagenary_cycle
Calendar used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
S2CID 143962107. Chambers, David Wade (1965). "Did the Maya Know the Metonic Cycle". Isis. 56 (3): 348–351. doi:10.1086/350004. S2CID 145711182. Coe, Michael
Maya_calendar
Perpetual calendar based on the 19-year-long Metonic cycle of the Moon
19 Golden numbers, for the years of the Metonic cycle. In early calendars, each of the 19 years in the cycle was represented by a rune; the first 16 were
Runic_calendar
Events displayed in chronological order
establishing a project timeline in the implementation phase of the life cycle of a computer system. Timelines (no longer constrained by previous space
Timeline
Changes in calendar conventions
Time Astronomic time Cosmic Calendar Ephemeris Galactic year Metonic cycle Milankovitch cycles Geologic time Concepts Deep time Geological history of Earth
Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates
Unit of time, usually 28 to 31 days
lunisolar calendars that combine the two cycles complicated. The most common solution to this problem is the Metonic cycle, which takes advantage of the fact
Month
Extension of the Gregorian calendar before its introduction
Time Astronomic time Cosmic Calendar Ephemeris Galactic year Metonic cycle Milankovitch cycles Geologic time Concepts Deep time Geological history of Earth
Proleptic_Gregorian_calendar
System that relates geologic strata to time
Shailendra; Markonis, Yannis (31 May 2022). "The response of the hydrological cycle to temperature changes in recent and distant climatic history". Progress
Geologic_time_scale
Study of Earth's magnetic field in past
Time Astronomic time Cosmic Calendar Ephemeris Galactic year Metonic cycle Milankovitch cycles Geologic time Concepts Deep time Geological history of Earth
Paleomagnetism
Calendar found in Coligny, Ain, France, in 1897
62 months of the 5-year cycle. Whether the 5 years of the calendar plaque is part of a Metonic cycle of 19 year or 30-year cycle, the full length of the
Coligny_calendar
Archaeological site in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
time-span of twelve lunations, ten or eleven days shorter than a solar year Metonic cycle – 19 solar year recurrence of lunar phases. For example, if the winter
Warren_Field
Calendar used in Ancient Rome
had instituted a 19-year system of intercalation equivalent to the Metonic cycle centuries before its development by Babylonian and Greek astronomers
Roman_calendar
Two astronomical cycles introduced by Hipparchos
cycle, which itself was proposed as a correction to the 19-year-long Metonic cycle. He may have published it in the book "On the Length of the Year" (Περὶ
Hipparchic_cycle
Topics referred to by the same term
modern town nearby Meton of Athens, an ancient Greek astronomer. Metonic cycle, a 19 year cycle of lunar event This disambiguation page lists articles associated
Methone
Unit of time
Time Astronomic time Cosmic Calendar Ephemeris Galactic year Metonic cycle Milankovitch cycles Geologic time Concepts Deep time Geological history of Earth
Galactic_year
System for the precession of equinoxes
Time Astronomic time Cosmic Calendar Ephemeris Galactic year Metonic cycle Milankovitch cycles Geologic time Concepts Deep time Geological history of Earth
Ayanāṃśa
Time scale used in scientific disciplines
Time Astronomic time Cosmic Calendar Ephemeris Galactic year Metonic cycle Milankovitch cycles Geologic time Concepts Deep time Geological history of Earth
Before_Present
Calendar year with a day (or month) added
Adar, which then becomes Adar Sheini (second Adar). According to the Metonic cycle, this is done seven times every nineteen years (specifically, in years
Leap_year
Hindu texts ranging from microseconds to trillions of years, including cycles of cosmic time that repeat general events in Hindu cosmology. Time (kāla)
Hindu_units_of_time
Future lunar eclipse
the next lunar year eclipse set. The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs
June_2029_lunar_eclipse
the assumptions used with the Sothic Cycle, and as a result experts have moved away from relying on this Cycle. For example, Donald B. Redford, in attempting
Egyptian_chronology
14th day of the ecclesiastical lunar month
the cycle., Computus – Calculation of the date of Easter Dionysius Exiguus' Easter table – Ecclesiastical table constructed in 525 Metonic cycle – 19
Ecclesiastical_full_moon
Type of radiometric dating
Time Astronomic time Cosmic Calendar Ephemeris Galactic year Metonic cycle Milankovitch cycles Geologic time Concepts Deep time Geological history of Earth
Uranium–lead_dating
Lunisolar calendar
total embolimoi (intercalary months) were being added in each 19 year Metonic cycle. The names of the ancient Macedonian Calendar remained in use in Syria
Ancient_Macedonian_calendar
1996 math book by John Conway and Richard Guy
figurate numbers, the Fibonacci sequence, transcendental numbers, the Metonic cycle, combinatorics, the complex plane, nimbers, and surreal numbers. The
The Book of Numbers (math book)
The_Book_of_Numbers_(math_book)
Measure of time as per Jain scriptures
and palyopama years, including cycles of cosmic time (kalachakras) that repeat general events in Jain cosmology. Each cycle is divided into two eras of equal
Jain_units_of_time
Categorizing the past into named blocks of time
Time Astronomic time Cosmic Calendar Ephemeris Galactic year Metonic cycle Milankovitch cycles Geologic time Concepts Deep time Geological history of Earth
Periodization
Pseudohistorical Russian theory
Time Astronomic time Cosmic Calendar Ephemeris Galactic year Metonic cycle Milankovitch cycles Geologic time Concepts Deep time Geological history of Earth
New_chronology_(Fomenko)
Total lunar eclipse
the next lunar year eclipse set. The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs
September_2025_lunar_eclipse
Unspecified value mentioned by Plato
obtained from (4/3 + 5) × 3 and being the number of years in the Metonic cycle. 8128 = 26 × (27 − 1), a perfect number proposed by Cardano. It is known
Plato's_number
Year used in some calendars
Time Astronomic time Cosmic Calendar Ephemeris Galactic year Metonic cycle Milankovitch cycles Geologic time Concepts Deep time Geological history of Earth
Year_zero
Earliest date possible for something
Time Astronomic time Cosmic Calendar Ephemeris Galactic year Metonic cycle Milankovitch cycles Geologic time Concepts Deep time Geological history of Earth
Terminus_post_quem
Insertion of a leap day, week, or month
month in a given year may be determined using regular cycles such as the 19-year Metonic cycle (Hebrew calendar and in the determination of Easter) or
Intercalation_(timekeeping)
Table of positions of astronomical objects at given times
Time Astronomic time Cosmic Calendar Ephemeris Galactic year Metonic cycle Milankovitch cycles Geologic time Concepts Deep time Geological history of Earth
Ephemeris
Interpretations and traditional meanings of the star cluster among various human cultures
seven synodical month have to be intercalated within the duration of a Metonic cycle, which has exactly nineteen solar years. 8 When on the first Nisannu
Pleiades in folklore and literature
Pleiades_in_folklore_and_literature
c. 1300–750 BC archaeological culture of Central Europe
symbols numerically encode a lunisolar calendar based on the 19-year Metonic cycle. According to Wilfried Menghin "The symbols on the hat are a logarithmic
Urnfield_culture
Lunisolar calendar
Various cycles were in existence for working out exactly which years needed to add a thirteenth month. A nineteen-year cycle, the Metonic cycle, was developed
Attic_calendar
Commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ
equinox and that they had adopted the use of the 19-year lunar cycle, better known as Metonic cycle, to determine the date; subsequent scholarship has refuted
Easter
Study of archaeological sedimentation for dating purposes
Time Astronomic time Cosmic Calendar Ephemeris Galactic year Metonic cycle Milankovitch cycles Geologic time Concepts Deep time Geological history of Earth
Stratigraphy_(archaeology)
Total lunar eclipse of 14 March 2025
the next lunar year eclipse set. The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs
March_2025_lunar_eclipse
Period during which a person was active
Time Astronomic time Cosmic Calendar Ephemeris Galactic year Metonic cycle Milankovitch cycles Geologic time Concepts Deep time Geological history of Earth
Floruit
Method to visualize the chronology of the universe
Time Astronomic time Cosmic Calendar Ephemeris Galactic year Metonic cycle Milankovitch cycles Geologic time Concepts Deep time Geological history of Earth
Cosmic_Calendar
1460 year calendar cycle of ancient Egypt
The Sothic cycle or Canicular period (Ancient Egyptian: spdt or Sopdet, 'Triangle'; Ancient Greek: Σῶθις, Sō̂this) is a period of 1,461 Egyptian civil
Sothic_cycle
Hypothetical planet on the other side of the Sun from Earth
Geocentrism Heliocentrism Hipparchic cycle Inferior and superior planets Metonic cycle Octaeteris Solstice Spherical Earth Sublunary sphere Zodiac Influences
Counter-Earth
Leap week calendar system
The Gregorian leap cycle, which has 97 leap days spread across 400 years, contains a whole number of weeks (20871). In every cycle there are 71 years
ISO_week_date
Byzantine monk, inventor of AD dating
who invented the Metonic 19-year lunar cycle, which is an application of the Metonic cycle in the Julian calendar. Its lunar cycle is the nearby variant
Dionysius_Exiguus
Islamic mathematician (c. 780 – c. 850)
اليهود, "Extraction of the Jewish Era"). It describes the Metonic cycle, a 19-year intercalation cycle; the rules for determining on what day of the week the
Al-Khwarizmi
Period of four years associated with the Olympic Games of the Ancient Greeks
full moon after the summer solstice. After the introduction of the Metonic cycle about 432 BC, the start of the games was determined slightly differently
Olympiad
Opposing climate states on Earth
and plate-tectonic forcing also influence climate and the global carbon cycle. Potential drivers of previous icehouse states include the movement of the
Greenhouse_and_icehouse_Earth
Jewish holiday
century, the intercalation has been fixed mathematically according to the Metonic cycle. In Israel, Passover is the seven-day holiday of the Feast of Unleavened
Passover
Calendar era that uses 10,000 BC as 1 HE
dismissed his original proposal to align the era with the 7980-year Julian cycles, i.e. start with the epoch in 4713 BCE (5288 HE). Cesare Emiliani's proposal
Holocene_calendar
Natural number
exactly 235 different equilateral triangles of varying sizes in it. The Metonic cycle is 235 synodic months. Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A000566 (Heptagonal
235_(number)
Method for determining the age of objects
Science Foundation. ISBN 978-2-903148-44-7. Post, Wilfred M. (2001). "Carbon cycle". In Goudie, Andrew; Cuff, David J. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Global Change:
Radiocarbon_dating
European archaeological culture, 2800–1800 BC
the 19-year lunisolar Metonic cycle. According to the archaeologist Euan MacKie, Stonehenge recorded both the solar and lunar cycles "in an ingenious design
Bell_Beaker_culture
Moon passing through an outer religion of the Earth's shadow
the next lunar year eclipse set. The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs
February_2027_lunar_eclipse
Dating system used in Freemasonry
Time Astronomic time Cosmic Calendar Ephemeris Galactic year Metonic cycle Milankovitch cycles Geologic time Concepts Deep time Geological history of Earth
Anno_Lucis
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Female
Teutonic
Variant spelling of Teutonic Mechthild, MECHTILDE means "mighty in battle."Â
Female
Teutonic
Contracted form of Teutonic Ermintraud, ERMTRAUD means "wholly loved."
Female
Teutonic
Teutonic form of Gothic Amalasuintha, MALASINTHA means "strong worker."
Female
Teutonic
Variant spelling of Teutonic Irmtraud, IRMTRUD means "wholly loved."
Female
Teutonic
Variant spelling of Teutonic Hildegard, HILDEGARDE means "battle guard."
Female
Teutonic
Variant spelling of Teutonic Ermentraud, ERMENTRAUDE means "wholly loved."
Male
Teutonic
Teutonic name ANSI means "divinity, god."
Female
Teutonic
Variant spelling of Teutonic Erminhild, IRMENHILD means "all warrior."
Female
Teutonic
Teutonic form of Gothic Mahthildis, MECHTHILD means "mighty in battle."Â
Male
Teutonic
Teutonic name derived from the word atta, ATTA means "father."
Female
Teutonic
Contracted form of Teutonic Irmenhild, IRMHILD means "all warrior."Â
Female
Teutonic
Variant spelling of Teutonic Ermtraud, IRMTRAUD means "wholly loved."
Female
Teutonic
Variant spelling of Teutonic Ermentraud, ERMINTRAUD means "wholly loved."
Female
Teutonic
Variant spelling of Teutonic Ermentraud, ERMENTRUD means "wholly loved."
Female
Teutonic
Variant spelling of Teutonic Nerþuz, NERTHUZ means "strong, vigorous."Â
Female
Teutonic
Variant spelling of Teutonic Heilwidis, HELEWIDIS means "hale-wide; very healthy and sound."Â
Girl/Female
Australian, Greek
Black; Dark-skinned
Girl/Female
Biblical
Bellies.
Female
Teutonic
Variant spelling of Teutonic Ermintraud, ERMINTRUDE means "wholly loved."
Female
Teutonic
Contracted form of Teutonic Ermentraud, ERMTRUD means "wholly loved."
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METONIC CYCLE
Boy/Male
Hindu
Prosperity or awakening or high quality, Advancement - to rise
Boy/Male
Tamil
Attractive, Charming, Loved, Goddess
Boy/Male
Hindu
Treasure, Security, Deposit
Girl/Female
Hindu
Residence
Boy/Male
Hebrew American Spanish
Son of Adam: Man of the red earth.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Joy; Cheerfulness
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Ray of Sun
Boy/Male
Tamil
Girl/Female
Celtic German Gaelic English Irish
noble.
Girl/Female
Tamil
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a.
Of or pertaining to acetone; as, acetonic bodies.
a.
Characterized by atony, or want of vital energy; as, an atonic disease.
a.
Producing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a tetanic remedy. See Tetanic, n.
a.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, mustard; -- used specifically to designate a glucoside called myronic acid, found in mustard seed.
a.
Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric, as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Milton, or his writings; as, Miltonic prose.
a.
Unaccented; as, an atonic syllable.
a.
Of or pertaining to any of the Teutonic languages, or the peoples who speak these languages.
a.
Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence, increasing strength; as, tonic power.
a.
Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus; as, a tetanic state; tetanic contraction.
a.
Pertaining to, or discovered by, Meton, the Athenian.
a.
Of or relating to Hedonism or the Hedonic sect.
n.
The language of the ancient Germans; the Teutonic languages, collectively.
a.
Of or pertaining to the forehead or frontal bones; frontal; as, the metopic suture.
n.
A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
a.
Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions.
a.
Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as, meteoric fame.
a.
Of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of measurement; of or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter is the unit; as, the metric system; a metric measurement.
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, a ketone; as, a ketonic acid.