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Definition of Proleptics

Proleptics
Proleptics Pro*lep"tics, n. (Med.) The art and science of predicting in medicine. --Laycock.
Proleptic
Proleptic Pro*lep"tic, Proleptical Pro*lep"tic*al, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. proleptique.] 1. Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative. ``A far-seeing or proleptic wisdom.' --De Quincey. 2. Previous; antecedent. --Glanvill. 3. (Med.) Anticipating the usual time; -- applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.

Meaning of Proleptics from wikipedia

- Look up proleptic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Proleptic may refer to: Prolepsis, several meanings related to foreshadowing Proleptic calendar,...
- The proleptic Gregorian calendar is produced by extending the Gregorian calendar backward to the dates preceding its official introduction in 1582. In...
- The proleptic Julian calendar is produced by extending the Julian calendar backwards to dates preceding AD 8 when the quadrennial leap year stabilized...
- A proleptic calendar is a calendar that is applied to dates before its introduction. Examples include: Proleptic Gregorian calendar Proleptic Julian calendar...
- A prosleptic syllogism (/prəˈslɛptɪk/; from Gr**** πρόσληψις proslepsis "taking in addition") is a class of syllogisms that use a prosleptic proposition...
- before the year 1, unlike the proleptic Gregorian calendar used in the international standard ISO 8601, the traditional proleptic Gregorian calendar (like...
- year starting on Thursday in the proleptic Julian calendar. It was also a leap year starting on Sa****ay in the Proleptic Gregorian calendar. At the time...
- common year starting on Sa****ay by the proleptic Julian calendar, and a common year starting on Monday by the proleptic Gregorian calendar. It is the epoch...
- Pre-Julian / Julian Pre-Julian Roman Original Julian Proleptic Julian Revised Julian Gregorian Gregorian Proleptic Gregorian Old Style and New Style dates Adoption...
- did not exist before October 15, 1582. Gregorian dates before that are proleptic, that is, using the Gregorian rules to reckon backward from October 15...