Almanac
11almanac — [ôl′mə nak΄, al′mə nak΄] n. [ME almenak < ML almanachus < LGr almenichiaka, calendar, ? of Coptic orig.] 1. a yearly calendar of days, weeks, and months, with astronomical data, weather forecasts, etc. 2. a book published annually,… …
12Almanac — An almanac (also spelled almanack and almanach) is an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields often arranged according to the calendar. Astronomical data and various statistics are also found in almanacs …
13almanac — /awl meuh nak /, n. 1. an annual publication containing a calendar for the coming year, the times of such events and phenomena as anniversaries, sunrises and sunsets, phases of the moon, tides, etc., and other statistical information and related… …
14almanac — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. calendar, ephemeris. See chronometry, publication. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. calendar, yearbook, annual, ephemeris, astronomical table, register, registry, Whitaker, farmer s almanac, world almanac,… …
15almanac — [14] One of the first recorded uses of almanac in English is by Chaucer in his Treatise on the astrolabe 1391: ‘A table of the verray Moeuyng of the Mone from howre to howre, every day and in every signe, after thin Almenak’. At that time an… …
16almanac — [14] One of the first recorded uses of almanac in English is by Chaucer in his Treatise on the astrolabe 1391: ‘A table of the verray Moeuyng of the Mone from howre to howre, every day and in every signe, after thin Almenak’. At that time an… …
17almanac — al|ma|nac almanack old fashioned [ˈo:lmənæk US ˈo:l , ˈæl ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: almanach, probably from Arabic al manakh the calendar ] a book produced each year containing information about a particular subject,… …
18almanac — [[t]ɔ͟ːlmənæk[/t]] almanacs also almanack 1) N COUNT: oft in names An almanac is a book published every year which contains information about the movements of the planets, the changes of the moon and the tides, and the dates of important… …
19almanac — UK [ˈɔːlməˌnæk] / US [ˈɔlməˌnæk, ˈælməˌnæk] noun [countable] Word forms almanac : singular almanac plural almanacs 1) a book published every year that tells you about the movements of the planets, the times of the tides, and the dates of… …
20almanac — noun Etymology: Middle English almenak, from Medieval Latin almanach, probably from Arabic al manākh the almanac Date: 14th century 1. a publication containing astronomical and meteorological data for a given year and often including a miscellany …
