1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Calippic \Ca*lip"pic\, a. Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer. [1913 Webster] {Calippic period}, a period of seventy-six years, proposed by Calippus, as an improvement on the Metonic cycle, since the 6940 days of the Metonic cycle exceeded 19 years by about a quarter of a day, and exceeded 235 lunations by something more. [1913 Webster]
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