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leap year: see calendar calendar [Lat., from Kalends], system of reckoning time for the practical purpose of recording past events and calculating dates for future plans. The calendar is based on noting ordinary and easily observable natural events, the cycle of the sun through the seasons ..... Click the link for more information. . leap year a calendar year of 366 days, February 29 (leap day) being the additional day, that occurs every four years (those whose number is divisible by four) except for century years whose number is not divisible by 400. It offsets the difference between the length of the solar year (365.2422 days) and the calendar year of 365 days leap year [′lēp ‚yir] (astronomy) A year with 366, and not 365, days. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Tradition also has it that women propose marriage to men on leap year day, which comes once every four years. Analyst Paul Kagan and Leslie Ellis will set the stage for the Interactive Century on Leap Year Day in New York when they convene the most important players in this powerful new sector. |
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