epact

ˈɛpækt
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Translation of epact into German

Noun

calendar calculation

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the days solar year exceeds twelve lunar months
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Epakte
  • The epact is crucial for calculating Easter.Die Epakte ist entscheidend für die Berechnung von Ostern.
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  • The epact varies each year, affecting festival dates.

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Epakte

The Latin word "nulla" in column C denotes "nulla epacta" (which literally means 'no epact'), which is logically equivalent with "nullae epactae", which means nothing else than 'no epacts'.

Das Lateinische Wort "nulla" in Spalte C deutet an "nulla epacta" (was wörtlich bedeutet 'keine Epakte'), was logisch äquivalent ist mit "nullae epactae", was wörtlich bedeutet 'keine Epakten'.

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And so the Latin word "nulla" in the third column (C = epact) of his Paschal table must be interpreted as 'no epacts', just as the number 11 in this column must be interpreted as '11 epacts'.

Das lateinische Wort "nulla" in der dritten Spalte (C = Epakte) seiner Paschatabelle muss dann auch als 'keine Epakten' interpretiert werden, genau wie die Zahl 11 in dieser Spalte als '11 Epakten' interpretiert werden muss.

In that calendar, an epact (of the new style) is assigned to every day of the year with the exception of 29 February.

In ihm wird jeder Tag des Jahres, außer der 29. Februar, mit einer Epakte (neuen Stils) versehen.

However, where we would say that the epact (see also Section 7) of the first year is zero, Dionysius Exiguus must have meant 'annus primus non habet epactae , which literally means 'the first year has no epacts'.

Jedoch, wo wir sagen würden dass die Epakte (siehe auch Paragraph 7) des ersten Jahres null ist, muss Dionysius Exiguus gemeint haben "annus primus non habet epactae", was wörterlich bedeutet 'das erste Jahr hat keine Epakten'.

The presence of the Latin word "nulla", which means 'none', in the third column (C = epact) of his Paschal table (see Table 1) creates the impression that Dionysius Exiguus (see Section 1) knew the number zero.

Die Anwesenheit des lateinischen Wortes "nulla", was bedeutet 'keine', in die dritte Spalte (C = Epakte) seiner Paschatabelle (siehe Tabelle 1) erweckt den Eindruck dass Dionysius Exiguus (siehe Paragraph 1) die Zahl Null kannte.

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