different between embolismic vs embolism

English

Alternative forms

• embolismical
• embolismatic

Etymology

Compare French embolismique.

Adjective

embolismic (not comparable)

1. Relating to embolism or intercalation.

   an embolismic year or month

   • To predict Easter computists needed to develop a cyclical table based around a common multiple m of solar years and lunar months: that is, one in which a whole number of solar years equated to a whole number of lunar months. The general idea was that m years after some reference year, Easter will be on the same date as in the reference year itself because a whole number of lunar months will have passed. The number of lunar months in those m solar years wouldn't be an exact multiple of 12 (since there are more lunar months than solar ones), so the period wouldn't equate to a whole number of lunar years. For this reason, an extra month, called an embolismic month, was added to some years in the lunar calendar to make sure that years counted in lunar months would not gradually creep more and more ahead of years counted in solar months.

Anagrams

• mesolimbic

English

Etymology

From Old French embolisme (“intercalation of days in a calendar to correct errors”), from Late Latin embolismus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (embolismós, “intercalary”).

Noun

embolism (plural embolisms)

1. (pathology) An obstruction or occlusion of an artery by an embolus, that is by a blood clot, air bubble or other matter that has been transported by the blood stream.
2. The insertion or intercalation of days into the calendar in order to correct the error arising from the difference between the civil year and the solar year.
3. An intercalated prayer for deliverance from evil coming after the Lord's Prayer.

Derived terms

Related terms

• embolus

Translations

See also

• thrombosis