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almanac 音標拼音: ['ɔlmən ,æk] n. 年鑒,歷書 年鑒,歷書 almanac n 1: an annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year [ synonym: { almanac}, { farmer' s calendar}] 2: an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields arranged according to the calendar of a given yearAlmanac \ Al" ma* nac\ (?; 277), n. [ LL. almanac, almanach: cf. F. almanach, Sp. almanaque, It. almanacco, all of uncertain origin.] A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc. [ 1913 Webster] { Nautical almanac}, an almanac, or year book, containing astronomical calculations ( lunar, stellar, etc.), and other information useful to mariners. [ 1913 Webster] ALMANAC. A table or calendar, in which are set down the revolutions of theseasons, the rising and setting of the sun, the phases of the moon, the mostremarkable conjunctions, positions and phenomena of the heavenly bodies, themonths of the year, the days of the month and week, and a variety of othermatter. 2. The courts will take judicial notice of the almanac; for example, whether a certain day of the month was on a Sunday or not. Vin. Ab. h. t.; 6Mod. 41; Cro. Eliz. 227, pl. 12; 12 Vin. Ab. Evidence ( A, b, 4.) In datinginstruments, some sects, the Quakers, for example, instead of writingJanuary, February, March, & c., use the terms, First month, Second month, Third month, & c., and these are equally valid in such writings. Vide 1Smith' s Laws of Pennsylvania, 217.
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