| 单词 | bissextus |
| 释义 | bissextus[ bahy-seks-tuhs, bih- ] / baɪˈsɛks təs, bɪ- / nounFebruary 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. Origin of bissextus<Late Latin bissextus (diēs) intercalary (day); see bis1, sext1; so called because the 6th day before the Calends of March (Feb. 24th) appeared twice every leap year Words nearby bissextusbisphenol A, bisphosphonate, bisque, Bissau, bissextile, bissextus, bisso, bissonata, bist, bistable, bistate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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