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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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| In case of emergency, these building are each leap years ahead. From the Bulgari Assioma collection, this timepiece is self-winding, operates in two time zones, and offers a perpetual calendar that automatically remembers the number of calendar days for all months and leap years. Similarly, in leap years, an extra day would be inserted after June 30. |
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