Leap

  • 121leap year — A year of 366 days, occurring after a sequence of three common years, that is, years of 365 days, the extra day of the leap year being the 29th day of February. By the statute 21 Henry III, it was provided that in certain cases of pleading, where …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 122Leap of Faith (Third Watch) — Infobox Television episode Title=Leap of Faith Series=Third Watch Caption= Season=6 Episode=7 Airdate=November, 5, 2004 Production=177907 Writer=Karen Hall Director=John E. Gallagher Guests=Charles Haid Bill Walsh III Derek Kelly Yvonne Jung… …

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  • 123leap year — [14] The inspiration for the term leap year is probably simply that in such a year the day on which any given date falls ‘jumps’ one day ahead of where it would have been in an ordinary year. The metaphorical application of the notion of… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 124leap out at — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms leap out at : present tense I/you/we/they leap out at he/she/it leaps out at present participle leaping out at past tense leaped out at or leapt out at past participle leaped out at or leapt out at leap out at …

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  • 125leap year — [14] The inspiration for the term leap year is probably simply that in such a year the day on which any given date falls ‘jumps’ one day ahead of where it would have been in an ordinary year. The metaphorical application of the notion of… …

    Word origins

  • 126Leap of Faith (skate) — The Leap of Faith is a popular skateboarding spot located at Point Loma High School in San Diego, California. It stood at about 18 feet 8 inches tall and consisted of 27 stairs. HistoryOnly two skateboarders were known to ever attempt this: Jamie …

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  • 127Leap Frogging — Dieser Artikel oder Abschnitt ist nicht hinreichend mit Belegen (Literatur, Webseiten oder Einzelnachweisen) versehen. Die fraglichen Angaben werden daher möglicherweise demnächst gelöscht. Hilf Wikipedia, indem du die Angaben recherchierst und… …

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  • 128leap second — noun A second of time added to the year occasionally to compensate for variation in the rate of Earths rotation relative to the absolute standards of time. See Also: leap, leap year, second …

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