Intercalary

[in'tә:kәlәri]

解釋/意思:

(adj.) having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year: 'Feb. 29 is an intercalary day'; 'a leap year is an intercalary year' .

編輯:纳内特--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; -- now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile, n.

(n.) Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary.

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