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LEAP |
366 days, ... year |
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LEAP YEAR |
Bissextile; a year containing 366 days; every fourth year
which leaps over a day more than a common year, giving to February
twenty-nine days. See Bissextile. |
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YEAR |
...urth year
(called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to
February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (se... |
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LEAPYEAR |
366 days |
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MAY |
The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days. |
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JULY |
The seventh month of the year, containing thirty-one days. |
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JUNE |
The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days. |
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MARCH |
The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days. |
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AUGUST |
The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days. |
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JANUARY |
The first month of the year, containing thirty-one days. |
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OCTOBER |
The tenth month of the year, containing thirty-one days. |
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NOVEMBER |
The eleventh month of the year, containing thirty days. |
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SEPTEMBER |
The ninth month of the year, containing thurty days. |
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CALENDAR |
Chart showing the days, weeks and months of a year |
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DECEMBER |
The twelfth and last month of the year, containing
thirty-one days. During this month occurs the winter solstice. |
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EMBOLISM |
Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years,
in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a
lunar month in the Greek year. |
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EPACT |
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. |
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CONCURRENT |
One of the supernumerary days of the year over
fifty-two complete weeks; -- so called because they concur with the
solar cycle, the course of which they follow. |
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FEBRUARY |
The second month in the year, said to have been
introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month
contains twenty-eight da... |
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BISSEXTILE |
Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added
to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year
(365 d. 5 h. 48 m.... |