Bissextus (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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  1. February 29th: the extra day added to the Julian calendar every fourth year (except those evenly divisible by 100, but not 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.
Bissextus (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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