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单词 perpetual calendar
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perpetual calendarn.

Brit. /pəˌpɛtʃʊəl ˈkalᵻndə/, /pəˌpɛtʃ(ᵿ)l ˈkalᵻndə/, /pəˌpɛtjʊəl ˈkalᵻndə/, /pəˌpɛtjᵿl ˈkalᵻndə/, U.S. /pərˌpɛtʃ(əw)əl ˈkæləndər/
Forms: see perpetual adj. and calendar n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: perpetual adj., calendar n.
Etymology: < perpetual adj. + calendar n. Compare post-classical Latin calendarium perpetuum (1563 or earlier as a work title).
1. A form of calendar which can be used in any year; (also) a set of tables from which the day of the week can be reckoned for any date.
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the world > time > reckoning of time > calendar > [noun] > specific calendars
Gregorian Calendarc1275
Julian Calendarc1275
fastia1387
almanacc1392
prognostication1486
shepherd's calendar1506
ephemeris1559
perpetual almanac?1566
perpetual calendar1577
ephemeris1647
primstaff1662
rim-stock1662
parapegma1671
Poor Robin1708
menologium1709
menologion1727
rune-staff1753
Liberian Calendar1754
parapegm1755
timetable1758
prognosticator1779
Hindu calendar1795
Moore's Almanac1806
Moorea1821
numeral1853
Advent calendar1867
paddywhack almanac1875
paddy1876
Islamic calendar1912
1577 (title) A perpetvall kalender.
1618 G. Chapman (title) The Georgicks of Hesiod... Translated elaborately out of the Greek: containing doctrine of husbandrie, moralitie, and pietie; with a perpetuall calendar of good and bad daies.
1782 F. S. La Mante (title) The register of time: or, a perpetual calendar. Part I. Containing the Julian calendar.
1851 E. S. Wortley Trav. in U.S. II. iv. 74 It is fastened on the wall, and is a very large circular stone of basaltic porphyry, covered with curious hieroglyphical figures, by which the Aztecs used to designate the different months of the year, and which it is thought formed a perpetual calendar.
1865 Sci. Amer. 18 Mar. 178/2 These engravings represent a neat and ornamental pen rack and inkstand combined with a perpetual calendar.
1920 J. M. Berdan Early Tudor Poetry v. 501 There is a perpetual calendar and complicated tables by which one can find and remember the saints' days and feast days of the Church.
1973 W. J. Burley Death in Salubrious Place v. 105 The perpetual calendar said Wednesday August 25th. Clarissa had changed it that morning.
2. A mechanical or electronic timekeeping device which automatically indicates the correct date.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > other types of clock
watch-clock1592
German clock1598
quarter clocka1631
wheel-clock1671
table clocka1684
month clock1712
astronomical clock1719
musical clock1721
repeater1725
Tompion1727
pulling clock1733
regulator1735
eight-day clock1741
regulator clock1750
French clock1757
repetition clock1765
day clock1766
striker1778
chiming clock1789
cuckoo-clock1789
night clock1823
telltale1827
carriage clock1828
fly-clock1830
steeple clock1830
telltale clock1832
skeleton clock1842
telegraph clock1842
star clock1850
weight-clock1850
prison clock1853
crystal clock1854
pillar scroll top clock1860
sheep's-head clock1872
presentation clock1875
pillar clock1880
stop-clock1881
Waterbury1882
calendar-clock1884
ting-tang clock1884
birdcage clock1886
sheep's head1887
perpetual calendar1892
bracket clock1894
Act of Parliament clock1899
cartel clock1899
banjo-clock1903
master clock1904
lantern clock1913
time clock1919
evolutionary clock1922
lancet clock1922
atomic clock1927
quartz clock1934
clock radio1946
real-time clock1953
organ clock1956
molecular clock1974
travelling clock2014
1892 Manufacturer & Builder Feb. 45/1 The instrument combines a printing clock, a perpetual calendar (that takes care of leap years automatically), and a watchman's time detector.
1962 E. Bruton Dict. Clocks & Watches 130 Perpetual calendar, calendar worked by a clock which corrects for months of different lengths (and sometimes for leap years also).
1988 G. J. Whitrow Time in Hist.: Evol. Gen. Awareness vii. 105 The instrument..incorporated a perpetual calendar for all religious feasts, both fixed and movable, and also indicated the celestial motions of the sun, moon, and planets.
2001 Internat. Wristwatch No. 64. 20/3 Avoiding the cluttered appearance of many perpetual calendar watches, this model displays month and year through the transparent back.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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