Leap year Common

Leap year has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

a calendar year with an extra day added in February

leap year intercalary year 366 days bissextile year

A year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February, used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year.

See Also

instead of lunisolar month day maintain intercalate hour february

Related Terms

instead of lunisolar month day maintain intercalate hour february leap month leap week intercalary julian calendar adjust add intercalation such as year solar year leap second featuring

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

year

Rhyming Words

ear dear near hear year bear fear mear lear pear rear wear tear sear arear shear spear abear drear grear

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