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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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| After adjusting for leap year last year, fluid sales through the first seven months of 2005 were down 0. Also signing new leases in the ITC are the Toy Play LLC division of The Betesh Group (licensed juvenile products including an all new play tent category); Bendon Publishing International (a full-line of children's publishing formats); H&W Import & Export (toys); Leap Year Publishing (puzzles, arts & crafts, stationery); Phidal Publishing Limited (children's books); and M&T Bank, which has signed a multiyear lease for street level space at 1097 Broadway. Her family goes all out to celebrate her special leap year day, and Josie is looking forward to taking her driver's exam, nabbing the part of Juliet in the afternoon's play auditions, and heading out to the lake for the super-secret sweet 16 initiation ritual. |
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