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leap year

n.

1. A year in the Gregorian calendar having 366 days, with the extra day, February 29, intercalated to compensate for the quarter-day difference between an ordinary year and the astronomical year.

2. An intercalary year in a calendar.

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leap year

n

(Mathematics & Measurements / Units) 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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

leap year - in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years divisible by 400 366 days, bissextile year, intercalary year twelvemonth, year, yr - a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920"

Translations

leap year

n → Schaltjahr nt

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leap year n → anno bisestile

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leap year n → anno bisestile

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leap year → سَنة كبيسة přestupný rok skudår Schaltjahr δίσεκτο έτος año bisiesto karkausvuosi année bissextile prestupna godina anno bisestile うるう年 윤년 schrikkeljaar skuddår rok przestępny ano bissexto високосный год skottår ปีที่มีวันที่ ๒๙ กุมภาพันธ์ artık yıl năm nhuận 闰年