leap year
noun
1
: a year in the Gregorian calendar containing 366 days with February 29 as the extra day
2
: an intercalary year in any calendar
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The Tortue Perpetual Calendar, launched in 2010, measured a hefty 41.2mm in diameter and featured a combination leap year and month indicator at 12 o’clock, a retrograde day indicator across the dial center, and a radial date indicator along the dial periphery.
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Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 15 July 2024
Its miraculous ganglia of tiny wheels and levers will adjust its readings to the quirky imperfections of the Gregorian calendar, including leap years.
—Jay Fielden, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
Originating over 2,000 years ago, leap year was created to help align our calendar with the solar calendar and take account for the fact that the Earth takes slightly over 365 days to orbit the sun – 365.2422 days, to be exact.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2024
To address this issue, Julius Caesar introduced the Julian calendar, a solar calendar, which included a leap year system.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Feb. 2024
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Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 15 July 2024
Its miraculous ganglia of tiny wheels and levers will adjust its readings to the quirky imperfections of the Gregorian calendar, including leap years.
—Jay Fielden, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
Originating over 2,000 years ago, leap year was created to help align our calendar with the solar calendar and take account for the fact that the Earth takes slightly over 365 days to orbit the sun – 365.2422 days, to be exact.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2024
To address this issue, Julius Caesar introduced the Julian calendar, a solar calendar, which included a leap year system.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Feb. 2024
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“Leap year.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leap%20year. Accessed 25 Sep. 2024.
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