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proleptic

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9 lettersPronunciation /pɹoʊˈlɛptɪk/Sorted ceilopprtStarts with PEnds with C0 clues
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Definitions

  1. Applied to dates before a calendar or system was actually in use.

Word origin

From prolepsis (“anticipation”) + -ic.

Used in a sentence

  • The proleptic Gregorian calendar is produced by extending the Gregorian calendar backwards to dates preceding its official introduction in 1582.
  • The .NET epoch is midnight at the start of January 1st, AD 1, although that's AD 1 in a proleptic Gregorian calendar, which refers to even more complexity we haven't talked about yet.
  • A far-seeing or proleptic wisdom.

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