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Bissextile
/bɪˈsɛkstɪl/
Having an intercalary day, particularly the quadrennial leap day of the Julian and Gregorian calendars traditionally placed as a "second sixth" day before March 1st.
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Having an intercalary day, particularly the quadrennial leap day of the Julian and Gregorian calendars traditionally placed as a "second sixth" day before March 1st.
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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.
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(inexact) Any other year featuring intercalation, such as a year in a lunisolar calendar with 13 months instead of 12, used to maintain its alignment with the seasons of the solar year.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bissextile"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| leapnoun | The act of leaping or jumping. |
| sextilenoun | (astronomy, astrology) A sextile aspect or position. |
| sextannoun | (obsolete, medicine) A fever that recurs every sixth day. |
| sesquiannual | Occurring once every one and a half years (i.e. once every 18 months). |
| sesquiennial | Occurring once every one and a half years (i.e. once every 18 months, or twice every three years); sesquiannual. |
| bimillenarynoun | A two-thousandth anniversary |
| sextuplenoun | a sixfold amount |
| sesquiduple | (obsolete) Of two and a half times. |
| sexennialnoun | A sexennial event. |
| sextal | (mathematics, of a number) Having a base of six |
| hexadecilenoun | (statistics) Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into sixteen equally numerous subsets; a subset thus obtained. |
| sesquialteran | (mathematics, obsolete) Synonym of sesquialterate, in the proportion of 3 to 2 or 1½ to 1. |
| sesquialternoun | (music, obsolete) Synonym of sesquialtera, a 1½ note. |
| sexenary | Proceeding by sixes or in a base of six; sextuple. |
| subsextuple | Having the ratio of one to six. |
| sextatenoun | (organic chemistry) methylcyclohexyl acetate |
| sesquiquadratenoun | (astronomy) A sesquiquadrate aspect or position; an angle of 135°: (a square [90°] + a semisquare [45°]; abbrv. Ses). |
| quadragesimalnoun | Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten |
| sexticnoun | (mathematics) An algebraic equation or function of the sixth degree, e.g. a polynomial of degree 6; a curve surface etc. describing such an equation or function, especially a quantic of the sixth degree. |
| trimillennialnoun | Occurring every three thousand years |
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