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Dracontic

Dracontic

(Science: astronomy) Belonging to that space of time in which the moon performs one revolution, from ascending node to ascending node. See dragons head, under dragon. Dracontic month.

Origin: From L. Draco dragon, in allusion to the terms dragons head and dragons tail.


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