Glossary

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  • formal cause - A formal cause is a name given to the top term of Aristotle's tetrad of causes, such that it and a material cause require mediation from an efficient and a final cause in order for something to be actualized.
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  • megalithic yard - Any unit of length 2.7-2.73 feet long, after Alexander Thom discovered 2.72 ft and 2.722 ft as units within the geometry within the megalithic monuments of Britain and Brittany.
  • megaliths - Structures built out of large little-altered stones in the new stone age or neolithic between 5,000-2,500 (bronze age), in the pursuit of astronomical knowledge.
  • Metonic - Greek: The continuous 19 year recurrence of the moon's phase and location amongst the stars.
  • Metrology - The application of units of length to problems of measurement, design, comparison or calculation.
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  • Nodal period - Usually referring to the backwards motion of the lunar orbit's nodes over 6800 days (18.618 years), leading to eclipse cycles like the Saros.
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  • Zodiac - The 12 constellations through which the sun passes in the solar year of 365.2422 days