Calendar Definition And Etymology

A document chart etc that shows the days weeks and months of a year.

Calendar definition and etymology. A list or schedule of events or activities that occur at different times throughout the year. A tabular array of the days usually for one year. A particular system for organizing the days of the year by month. A system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year.

A machine used for the purpose of giving cloth paper etc a smooth even and glossy or glazed surface by cold or hot pressure or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance. There was a calendar on the wall above with large squares around the dates. The three principal calendars are the gregorian jewish and islamic calendars. English language learners definition of calendar.

A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information. A table or register with the days of each month and week in a year. Countable noun a calendar is a chart or device which displays the date and the day of the week and often the whole of a particular year divided up into months weeks and days. From 19th c synonyms.

In calenderer surname of persons who use such a machine from old french calandreur from medieval latin calendra cloth pressing machine so called from the shape of the machine used from latin cylindrus from greek kylindros roll cylinder see cylinder. Date n 2 fruit of the date palm c. 1300 from old french date from old provençal datil from latin dactylus from greek daktylos date originally finger toe said to be so called because of fancied resemblance between oblong fruit of the date palm and human digits but some say it is from the resemblance of the plant s leaves to the palm of the hand. A procedural plan usually but not necessarily tabular in nature indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur.

Calendar plural calendars any system by which time is divided into days weeks months and years. It consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating. A list or register of events appointments or social events or court cases etc. I have you on my calendarfor next monday.

The word calender itself is a derivation of the word κύλινδρος kylindros the greek word that is also the source of the word cylinder. He marked the date on his calendar. In eighteenth century china workers called calenderers in the silk and cotton cloth trades used heavy rollers to press and finish cloth. Calender plural calenders misspelling of calendar.