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Words related to intercalary

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  • adar sheni

    an extra month of the Jewish year, occurring about once every three years between Adar and Nisan

  • bissextus

    February 29th: the extra day added to the Julian calendar every fourth year (except those evenly divisible by 400, a rule introduced by the Gregorian calendar) to compensate for the approximately six hours a year by which the common year of 365 days falls short of the solar year.

  • chinese calendar

    the former calendar of China, in which the year consisted of 12 lunar months with an intercalary month added seven times every 19 years to reconcile the lunar year of 354 days with the solar year of 365 days, time being reckoned in 60-year cycles with the first cycle dating from 2637 b.c.

  • common year

    an ordinary year of 365 days; a year having no intercalary period.

  • intercalary meristem

    meristem in the internode of a stem.

  • revolutionary calendar

    the calendar of the French First Republic, adopted in 1793 and abandoned in 1805, consisting of 12 months, each of 30 days, and 5 intercalary days added at the end of the year (6 every fourth year). The months, beginning at the autumnal equinox, are Vendémiaire, Brumaire, Frimaire, Nivôse, Pluviôse, Ventôse, Germinal, Floréal, Prairial, Messidor, Thermidor, and Fructidor.
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