Calendar Definition–noun | 1. | a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar. |
| 3. | a list or register, esp. one arranged chronologically, as of appointments, work to be done, or cases to be tried in a court. |
| 4. | a list, in the order to be considered, of bills, resolutions, etc.,
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brought before a legislative body. |
| 5. | Obsolete. a guide or example. |
–verb (used with object) | 6. | to enter in a calendar; register. |
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dating system based on a cycle of 60 Tibetan years, each of which usually has 354 days (12 cycles of the phases of the Moon). Adjustment to the solar year of about 365 days is made by intercalation ...
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dating system of the ancient Mayan civilization and the basis for all other calendars used by Mesoamerican civilizations. The calendar was based on a ritual cycle of 260 named days and a year of 365 ...
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dating system used concurrently with the Gregorian (Western) calendar in China and Taiwan and in neighbouring countries (e.g., Japan). The Chinese calendar is basically lunar, its year consisting of ...
Aztec calendar
dating system based on the Mayan calendar and used in the Valley of Mexico before the destruction of the Aztec empire. Like the Mayan calendar, the Aztec calendar consisted of a ritual cycle of 260 ...
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