Word origin · etymology
Descriptive English phrase with Latin-derived vocabulary.
Repeat descends from Latin repetere, to return to or seek again; pass is related to Latin passus, step. This is a descriptive phrase for recurring crossings.
How we know · epistemology
Calculated angular event and declared search convention
Repeats follow the solved motion and selected window; there need not be exactly three. Pass numbers alone do not establish a universal sequence of introduction, review and resolution.
Astrodienst: Transit duration and retrograde repeats ↗Astro Gold macOS: Dynamic Events ↗
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