From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 1:12 hours, implying an average day-over-day increase of 2.4 minutes. The shortest day of the month is April 1 with 12:41 hours of daylight; the longest day is April 30 with 13:53 hours of daylight.
The term âeponymâ originates from the Greek word âeponymous,â which means ânamed after.â An eponym was a simple way to describe tumors and tumorlike lesions that initially were not well understood.ponyms were used as a simple way to describe different tumors and tumorlike lesions at the beginning of our understanding of those entities and to acknowledge contributions of pioneers who helped to improve our understanding.
An eponym is a person, a place, or thing for whom or for which something is named, or believed to be named. For example, Elizabeth I of England is the eponym of the Elizabethan era. In science and technology, discoveries and innovations are often named after the discoverer or a figure influential in their advance. 2  Examples are Avogadro's number, the Diesel engine, meitnerium, Alzheimer's disease, and the Apgar score.