synodic month

[si-nod-ik muhnth]

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noun

month5

synodic month

noun

See month

synodic month

See lunar month

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Word History and Origins

Origin of synodic month¹

First recorded in 1645–55

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The upshot of all this is that about 11% of successive solar eclipses happen roughly a synodic month apart, some 23% happen 5 synodic months apart, and some 66% happen 6 synodic months apart.

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synodic Synod of Whitby

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