Term: gregorian calendar: the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752
Broader: solar calendar: a calendar based on solar cycles | Unrelated: long hundred: the cardinal number that is the product of ten and twelve
Broader: solar calendar: a calendar based on solar cycles | Unrelated: skid lid: a crash helmet
Broader: solar calendar: a calendar based on solar cycles | Unrelated: mantis: predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer
Broader: solar calendar: a calendar based on solar cycles | Unrelated: enologist: a specialist in wine making
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Broader: solar calendar: a calendar based on solar cycles | Unrelated: insectivore: any organism that feeds mainly on insects
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Broader: solar calendar: a calendar based on solar cycles | Unrelated: favoritism: an inclination to favor some person or group
Broader: solar calendar: a calendar based on solar cycles | Unrelated: retreated: people who have retreated
Broader: solar calendar: a calendar based on solar cycles | Unrelated: major lobe: the maximum lobe in the radiation pattern which is intended to be along the forward axis and which gives the effect of a beam