intercalary year

intercalary year
noun
in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years divisible by 400
Syn: ↑leap year, ↑366 days, ↑bissextile year
Hypernyms: ↑year, ↑twelvemonth, ↑yr

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  • Intercalary — In*ter ca*la*ry (?; 277), a. [L. intercalaris, intercalarius: cf. F. intercalaire. See {Intercalate}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Chron.) Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; now applied particularly… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Intercalary day — Intercalary In*ter ca*la*ry (?; 277), a. [L. intercalaris, intercalarius: cf. F. intercalaire. See {Intercalate}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Chron.) Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; now applied… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Intercalary lunar year — Year Year, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [yogh]er, AS. ge[ a]r; akin to OFries. i?r, g?r, D. jaar, OHG. j[=a]r, G. jahr, Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aar, Sw. [*a]r, Goth. j?r, Gr. ? a season of the year, springtime, a part of the day, an hour, ? a year, Zend y[=a]re… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • intercalary — [in tʉr′kə ler΄ē] adj. [L intercalarius, intercalaris < intercalare: see INTERCALATE] 1. added to the calendar: said of a day, month, etc. inserted in a calendar year to make it correspond to the solar year 2. having such a day, month, etc.… …   English World dictionary

  • Year — Year, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [yogh]er, AS. ge[ a]r; akin to OFries. i?r, g?r, D. jaar, OHG. j[=a]r, G. jahr, Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aar, Sw. [*a]r, Goth. j?r, Gr. ? a season of the year, springtime, a part of the day, an hour, ? a year, Zend y[=a]re year …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Year and a day — Year Year, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [yogh]er, AS. ge[ a]r; akin to OFries. i?r, g?r, D. jaar, OHG. j[=a]r, G. jahr, Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aar, Sw. [*a]r, Goth. j?r, Gr. ? a season of the year, springtime, a part of the day, an hour, ? a year, Zend y[=a]re… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Year of grace — Year Year, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [yogh]er, AS. ge[ a]r; akin to OFries. i?r, g?r, D. jaar, OHG. j[=a]r, G. jahr, Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aar, Sw. [*a]r, Goth. j?r, Gr. ? a season of the year, springtime, a part of the day, an hour, ? a year, Zend y[=a]re… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • YEAR — (Heb. שָׁנָה, shanah), the period during which the earth makes one complete revolution around the sun. This period corresponds roughly to 12 revolutions of the moon around the earth. The determination of the length of a year and its 12 parts for… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • intercalary — adjective Etymology: Latin intercalarius, from intercalare Date: 1614 1. a. inserted in a calendar < an intercalary day > b. of a year containing an intercalary period (as a day or month) 2. inserted between other things or parts ; interpolated …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • intercalary — /ɪnˈtɜkələri/ (say in terkuhluhree), /ɪntəˈkeɪləri/ (say intuh kayluhree) adjective 1. interpolated; interposed; intervening. 2. inserted or interpolated in the calendar, as an extra day, month, etc., to make the calendar year equal to the solar… …  

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