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He meant a month as defined by 1/12 of the tropical year, not a month as defined by a lunar cycle. There's a wonderful Wiki-dive on these topics too: https://
by T-hawk 7y ago
He meant a month as defined by 1/12 of the tropical year, not a month as defined by a lunar cycle.
There's a wonderful Wiki-dive on these topics too:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_month#Synodic_month https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_month#Synodic_month
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_year
- dredmorbius 7y agoThe calendar month derives, roughly, from the lunar month. Though yes, they're already non-identical. Some correspondence might tend to continue, whether it's humans or other intelligence applying it. And yes, ultimately, definitions matter and tend to define arguments.