almanac : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: almanac	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for almanac
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
almanac n an annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year Synonym(s): almanac, farmer's calendar an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields arranged according to the calendar of a given year
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Almanac \Al"ma*nac\ (?; 277), n. [LL. almanac, almanach: cf. F. almanach, Sp. almanaque, It. almanacco, all of uncertain origin.] A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc. {Nautical almanac}, an almanac, or year book, containing astronomical calculations (lunar, stellar, etc.), and other information useful to mariners.