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91leap year — n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps because a date in such a year jumps one day ahead of the day on which it would otherwise have fallen] a year, which happens every fourth year, when February has 29 days instead of 28 …
92leap year — leap ,year noun count a year that has 366 days instead of 365 …
93leap second — leap′ sec ond n. hor an extra second intercalated into the world s timekeeping system about once a year, made necessary by the gradual slowing down of the earth s rotation • Etymology: 1970–75 …
94leap year — leap′ year n. 1) hor (in the Gregorian calendar) a year that contains 366 days, with February 29 as an additional day: occurring in years whose last two digits are evenly divisible by four, except for centenary years not divisible by 400 2) hor a …
95leap on the bandwagon — To join in any popular and currently successful movement in the hope of gaining advantage from it ● band …
96leap to the eye — (or to mind) be immediately apparent one dire question leaped to our minds …
97leap at something — ˈleap at sth derived to accept a chance or an opportunity quickly and with enthusiasm Syn: jump at • I leapt at the chance to go to France. Main entry: ↑leapderived …
98Leap second — A leap second is a one second adjustment that keeps broadcast standards for time of day close to mean solar time. Broadcast standards for civil time are based on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a time standard which is maintained using… …
99Leap year — A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or, in the case of lunisolar calendars, an extra month) in order to keep the calendar year synchronised with the astronomical or seasonal year. For example, in the… …
100Leap Wireless — Infobox Company foundation = 1998 industry = Communications Services| company name = Leap Wireless International Inc location = San Diego, CA (Operational Headquarters) num employees = 1,400 revenue = profit $2.26B billion USD (2006) company type …
