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bissextile year

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun bissextile year has 1 sense
  1. leap year, intercalary year, 366 days, bissextile year - in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years not divisible by 400
    --1 is a kind of year, twelvemonth, yr

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Bissextile Year

Description:

A bissextile year, also known as a leap year, is a year that contains an extra day, February 29th, in order to keep the calendar year synchronized with the solar year. It occurs every four years, except for years that are evenly divisible by 100 but not by 400.

Sense 1 - Noun:

A bissextile year refers to a calendar year containing 366 days, instead of the usual 365 days found in a common year.


Sample Sentences:

  1. 2020 is a bissextile year, so it has an extra day in February.
  2. In a bissextile year, the month of February is extended by one day.
  3. Leap Day is celebrated on February 29th in bissextile years.

Sense 2 - Adjective:

In terms of local usage, the adjective "bissextile" can describe or relate to a specific event, day, or occurrence that happens on February 29th in leap years.


Sample Sentences:

  1. Many people only celebrate their birthdays on the actual date when it falls in bissextile years.
  2. The next bissextile day is in 2024.
  3. We're planning a special party for the bissextile anniversary of our company.

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