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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 epact /ˈiˌpækt, ˈɛˌpækt/
 陽曆一年超過陰曆的日數

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 E·pact n.  Chron. The moon's age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of the year.
 Annual epact, the excess of the solar year over the lunar year, -- being eleven days.
 Menstrual epact, or Monthly epact, the excess of a calendar month over a lunar.