💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Leap second"
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| Word | Definition |
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| leap daynoun | An extra day intercalated into a year, especially the day intercalated into the Julian calendar every fourth year and into the Gregorian calendar every fourth year excepting centuries not divisible by 400, usually reckoned as February 29th. |
| leap yearnoun | A year in the Julian or Gregorian calendar with an intercalary day added to February (in the Gregorian calendar, February 29), used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year. |
| bissextile yearnoun | a year with an extra day, a leap year |
| leap weeknoun | In the calendar reform, a week added to usual 52, such that every year starts on the same day |
| terasecondnoun | (metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10¹² seconds. Symbol: Ts. (= 31709.8 years) |
| split secondnoun | Alternative form of split-second. [(chiefly attributive) A stopwatch with two second hands, each of which may be stopped separately to time the intervals of a race by a sportsperson, or to time more than one sportsperson.] |
| just a secondnoun | (idiomatic) A short period of time, typically anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes or more. |
| sec. | Abbreviation of section. [A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.] |
| bissextile monthnoun | A month with an extra day in a leap year. |
| yearnoun | The length of a year as marked by a calendar, 365 or 366 days in the Gregorian calendar; a calendar year. |
| hellasecond | — |
| secondnoun | Something that is number two in a series. |
| februarynoun | The short month following January and preceding March in the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, used in all three calendars for intercalation or addition of leap days. |
| minor secondnoun | (music) an interval that is equivalent to the difference between the third and fourth degrees of a diatonic major scale. |
| second helpingnoun | A second portion of the same thing, usually of food; seconds; refill. |
| yeartimenoun | A year's time; the space of time equivalent to a year. |
| augmented secondnoun | (music) an interval that is equivalent to a major second widened by one chromatic semitone. In twelve-tone equal temperament, this is equal to three half steps where the notes are in consecutive staff positions (compare minor third.) |
| yottasecondnoun | (metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10²⁴ seconds. Symbol: Ys. (= quadrillions of years, a hypothetical time span that is meaningless except in speculative contexts such as theoretical physics, philosophy, religion, and humorous hyperbole) |
| epactnoun | the time (number of days) by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months; it is used in the calculation of the date of Easter |
| secondsnoun | A second helping of food for one person, or refill of coffee or other drink. |
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