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olympiad
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Olympiad \O*lym"pi*ad\ ([-o]*l[i^]m"p[i^]*[a^]d), n. [L. olympias, -adis, Gr. 'olympia`s, 'olympia`dos, fr. 'O`lympos Olympus, a mountain in Macedonia: cf. F. olympiade.]
(Greek Antiq.) A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Cor[oe]bus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b. c.; as, the era of the olympiads.
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The quadrennial celebration of the modern Olympic games; as, the first Olympiad (1906). See Olympics.
Syn: Olympic games, Olympics.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "period of four years" (between Olympic games), from Old French olimpiade "period of four years," from Latin Olympiadem, from Greek olympiados, genitive of Olympias (see Olympic). Used by ancient Greeks as a unit in computing time. Revived in modern usage with revival of the games, 1896.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative case form of Olympiad English)
Wikipedia
An Olympiad (, olympiás) is a period of four years associated with the Olympic Games of the Ancient Greeks. During the Hellenistic period, beginning with Ephorus, it was used as a calendar epoch. By this reckoning, the first Olympiad lasted from the summer of 776 BC to that of 772 BC. By extrapolation to the Gregorian calendar, the year of the th Olympiad begins in (Northern-Hemisphere) mid-summer .
A modern Olympiad refers to a four-year period beginning January 1 of a year in which the Summer Olympics are due to occur. The first modern Olympiad began in 1896, the second in 1900, and so on (the 31st began in 2016: see the Olympic Charter).
Usage examples of "olympiad".
Indian, and belongs to a princess who is in Berlin for the Olympiad, as the guest of the Government.
I knew that in the weeks leading up to the Olympiad, the Gestapo were making strenuous efforts to smash the communist underground in Berlin.
Fiona was in the lobby looking at the Tenth Olympiad photos, and some of the old awards, displayed in a big glass case, when Hubert Renn saw her.
Their planet now existed with a relatively full power source, and the Olympiad held every fifty cycles charged up their storage tanks.
Their eternal rivals for the gold standard at the Olympiad were the rather savage inhabitants of nearby Magus Prime.
They also made some improbable suggestions as to what Frallien IV could do with the gold statuette customarily awarded to the Olympiad victors.
Frallien IV and the Olympiad are the crux of this upcoming catastrophe.
Our presence has been acknowledged and our official request to participate in the Olympiad has been taken under advisement.
It was the Frallien Olympiad model, which looked more like a rather well-wired bubble.
Magus Prime, as a competitor in the Frallien IV Olympiad, had its reputation on the line.
Under your instruction, Boralle North will now be entering the Olympiad on equal footing with all the other contestants.
Frallien Olympiad, let alone seize a technology to which they have no right.
He visualized the meter on the Olympiad booths registering an incredible score.
After manufacturing the most enormous storage capacitors, the Fralliens offered the first Olympiad and found, to their delight, that the sexual energies given off by almost any species was usable by their technology.
Rory looked out over the white buildings that formed the housing quarters for the Olympiad contestants while Boralle fussed around the room behind him.