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Proleptic meaning

  1. Extrapolated to dates prior to its first adoption; of those used to adjust to or from the Julian calendar or Gregorian calendar.
  2. Anticipatory; prescient or forward-looking.
  3. Exhibiting or pertaining to prolepsis (any sense)

Using Proleptic

  • The main meaning on this page is: Extrapolated to dates prior to its first adoption; of those used to adjust to or from the Julian calendar or Gregorian calendar. | Anticipatory; prescient or forward-looking. | Exhibiting or pertaining to prolepsis (any sense)
  • In the example corpus, proleptic often appears in combinations such as: the proleptic, proleptic gregorian, proleptic julian.

Context around Proleptic

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

julian 1×

Often after:

gregorian 4× julian 4× version 1× calendar 1×

Sentence patterns with Proleptic

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

between the proleptic julian calendar 1× c julian proleptic calendar 1× called the proleptic version of 1× in the proleptic gregorian calendar 1× in the proleptic julian calendar 1× occasionally the proleptic gregorian calendar 1× on the proleptic gregorian calendar 1× the proleptic julian calendar 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a calendar obtained 1× algorithm the following 1× although these are 1× because the julian 1× due to departures 1× events 3114 bc 1×

Common sentence endings:

calendar before 1582 1× count calendar started 1× is the case 1× julian proleptic calendar 1× no year zero 1× of the calendar 1×

Words around Proleptic

Just before it in the word index:

prolepsis 3 prolegs 8 prolegomenon 2 prolegomena 8 prole 6 prolatio 2

Just after it in the word index:

proles 6 proletarian 33 proletarians 7 proletariat 65 proliant 2 proliferate 83

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 13 aamer 13 aave 13 abdelmadjid 13 abdulkarim 13 abdulsalami 13

Corpus analysis for Proleptic

  • In this selection, "proleptic" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 29.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, julian, gregorian, julian and version stand out and add context to how "proleptic" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include between the proleptic julian calendar and c julian proleptic calendar. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "proleptic" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with proleptic

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Events * 3114 BC According to the proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started. (19 words)

A calendar obtained by extension earlier in time than its invention or implementation is called the "proleptic" version of the calendar. (21 words)

Other time scales Julian day number is a count of days elapsed since Greenwich mean noon on 1 January 4713 B.C., Julian proleptic calendar. (25 words)

Longer example sentences

The proleptic Julian calendar uses the Dionysian era throughout, including for dates of Late Antiquity when the Julian calendar was in use but the Dionysian era wasn't, and for times predating the introduction of the Julian calendar. (38 words)

Due to departures from Julius Caesar's intentions, Augustus finished restoring the Julian calendar in March AD 4, and the correspondence between the proleptic Julian calendar and the calendar observed in Rome is uncertain before 8 BC. (37 words)

Although these are defined in terms of ISO 8601 which uses the proleptic Gregorian calendar and therefore should include a year 0, the XML Schema specification states that there is no year zero. (33 words)

Example sentences (10)

A calendar obtained by extension earlier in time than its invention or implementation is called the "proleptic" version of the calendar.

Algorithm The following pseudocode determines whether a year is a leap year or a common year in the Gregorian calendar (and in the proleptic Gregorian calendar before 1582).

Although these are defined in terms of ISO 8601 which uses the proleptic Gregorian calendar and therefore should include a year 0, the XML Schema specification states that there is no year zero.

Because the Julian calendar was used before that time, one must explicitly state that a given quoted date is based on the proleptic Gregorian calendar if that is the case.

Due to departures from Julius Caesar's intentions, Augustus finished restoring the Julian calendar in March AD 4, and the correspondence between the proleptic Julian calendar and the calendar observed in Rome is uncertain before 8 BC.

Events * 3114 BC According to the proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started.

Other time scales Julian day number is a count of days elapsed since Greenwich mean noon on 1 January 4713 B.C., Julian proleptic calendar.

So the end date is always calculated according to the Gregorian calendar, but the beginning date is usually according to the Julian calendar (or occasionally the Proleptic Gregorian calendar ).

The proleptic Julian calendar uses the Dionysian era throughout, including for dates of Late Antiquity when the Julian calendar was in use but the Dionysian era wasn't, and for times predating the introduction of the Julian calendar.

Thus there is no simple way to find an equivalent in the proleptic Julian calendar of a date quoted using the Roman pre-Julian calendar ( AUC or by reference to consuls ).

Common combinations with proleptic

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "proleptic" in a sentence?
An example: "A calendar obtained by extension earlier in time than its invention or implementation is called the "proleptic" version of the calendar." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "proleptic" from authentic English texts.
What does "proleptic" mean?
Proleptic means: Extrapolated to dates prior to its first adoption; of those used to adjust to or from the Julian calendar or Gregorian calendar.
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