Metonic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Metonic \Me*ton"ic\, a. [Cf. F. m['e]tonique.]
     Pertaining to, or discovered by, Meton, the Athenian.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Metonic year} or {Metonic cycle}. (Astron.) See under
        {Cycle}.


        [1913 Webster] Metonymic