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(Singapore, Philippines, generally attributive) a one-month (or more) bonus paid to employees at the end of the financial year.
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In the Jewish calendar, a year of 355 days or a leap year of 385 days; perfect year.
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(astrology) One of the twelve divisions of a Great Year, equal to roughly 2000 years and goverened by one of the zodiacal signs; a Platonic month.
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The standard time as kept on the planet Mars, determined on the prime meridian of Mars, which passes through the crater Airy-0.
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Abbreviation of annum. [(uncommon) A one-year period, particularly (finance) a fiscal year or (sciences) a Julian year of exactly 365.25 days.]
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Abbreviation of anniversary. [A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years.]
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(of a year) Counted from the creation of the world according to the Hebrew (Jewish) calendar.
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(obsolete) annual; yearly
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(uncommon) A one-year period, particularly (finance) a fiscal year or (sciences) a Julian year of exactly 365.25 days.
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The time taken for the Earth to complete one revolution with respect to its apsides, usually defined as the time between perihelion passages.
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The time it takes the Earth to pass once around the Sun, particularly a tropical, sidereal, or anomalistic year.
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The bissextile intercalary day.
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Having an intercalary day, particularly the quadrennial leap day of the Julian and Gregorian calendars traditionally placed as a "second sixth" day before March 1st.
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A month with an extra day in a leap year.
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a year with an extra day, a leap year
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In the Maya calendar, a period of 144 000 days (20 k’atun periods): 394.25 solar years.
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A day having a conventional designation on a recognized calendar, such as a numerical identification within a named month.
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The period of duration from the first date of one month to the last date of the same month, which can thus vary from 28 to 31 days in length.
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The amount of time between corresponding dates in adjacent years in any calendar.
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(historical, Ancient Rome) the first day of a month of the Roman calendar.
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(astronomy) Based upon a common multiple of the year and the month
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The year adopted by any nation for the computation of time.
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(chronology) The secular equivalent of anno Domini and the Christian Era, the internationally recognized method of numbering years on the Gregorian calendar.
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A year that is not a leap year.
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One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow.
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A model of the chronology of the universe, scaling the scientifically accepted age of 13.8 billion years down to a single year, with the Big Bang taken as January 1 and the present moment taken as December 31.
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The discontinuity that occurs when switching from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
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Acronym of calendar year. [The amount of time between the beginning of the first day of January and the end of the last day of December in the Gregorian calendar. (365 days, or 366 in a leap year)]
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(astronomy) Rotational period of a planet (especially Earth).
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Any of 20 glyphs used, along with a number from 1 to 13, in traditional Mesoamerican calendars to identify their 260 days.
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A method of interpretation of Bible prophecy in which the word day is considered to be symbolic of a year of actual time.
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A format for dates in the Common Era: 2 digit days, months, and 4 digits for the year. e.g: 2/01/2023
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One tenth of one day, i.e. 2.4 hours, proposed for use in metric systems of time.
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(science fiction) A day in Earth time; the period it takes planet Earth to revolve once; a period of 24 hours.
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The insertion or intercalation of days into the calendar in order to correct the error arising from the difference between the civil year and the solar year.
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the time (number of days) by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months; it is used in the calculation of the date of Easter
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(rare) Time (usually five days) appended to a calendar year, outside of any regular month, to make the year 365 days long (in e.g. the ancient Egyptian calendar and in the French Republican calendar).
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(chiefly US) Fifth Avenue.
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Initialism of fiscal year. [(accounting) An accounting period of one year, not necessarily coinciding with the calendar year.]
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(astronomy) the time it takes for the Solar System to orbit around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, estimated to be from 225 to 250 million years.
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(chronology) A number showing the year of the lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned from 1 to 19, and is so called from having formerly been written in the calendar in gold.
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(astronomy, historical) Any real or imagined cycle with astronomical or astrological significance.
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The calendar currently used in the western world. It replaced the Julian calendar and was devised to halt the slow drift of the vernal equinox towards earlier in the year.
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The first half of a calendar year (January to June).
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Alternative form of hebdomad [(obsolete) A group of seven.]
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(Judaism) A unit of time equal to the eighteenth part of a minute (3⅓ seconds)
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(informal) A regular calendar year, as opposed to a dog year or the "year" of any other animal species.
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Alternative form of ides: the notional full moon of a Roman month, used in Roman dating. [(historical, often capitalized) The notional full-moon day of a Roman month, occurring on the 15th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 13th day of all other months.]
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(historical) A fiscal period of fifteen years, instituted by Constantine in 313 C.E. (but counting from 1st September 312), used throughout the Middle Ages as a way of dating events, documents etc.
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An eclipse cycle of 10,571.95 days, or 358 lunations.
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A period inserted into a calendar as in a leap year.
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A calendar system associated with Islamic culture, dividing the year into twelve months.
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(astronomy) Initialism of Julian day [A date expressed as a real number of days counted with GMT noon on 1 January 4713 BC in proleptic Julian calendar (November 24, 4714 BC, in the proleptic Gregorian calendar) as zero; used primarily by astronomers and historians to compare events recorded in different cultures.]
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The calendar which was used in the western world before the present-day Gregorian calendar. The Julian calendar differed in having all multiple-of-4 years as leap years.
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A date expressed as a real number of days counted with GMT noon on 1 January 4713 BC in proleptic Julian calendar (November 24, 4714 BC, in the proleptic Gregorian calendar) as zero; used primarily by astronomers and historians to compare events recorded in different cultures.
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(astronomy) A unit of measurement of time defined as exactly 365.25 days of 86400 SI seconds each.
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Alternative spelling of calends [Often with initial capital: the first day of a month]
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(calendar) Intercalary, bissextile.
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An extra day intercalated into a year, especially the day intercalated into the Julian calendar every fourth year and into the Gregorian calendar every fourth year excepting centuries not divisible by 400, usually reckoned as February 29th.
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In the Jewish calendar or other lunisolar calendars, an extra month added to the usual 12 months because the solar year is slightly longer than 12 lunar months.
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A second of time added to the year occasionally to compensate for variation in the rate of Earth's rotation relative to the absolute standards of time.
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In the calendar reform, a week added to usual 52, such that every year starts on the same day
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A year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February, used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year.
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Alternative form of leap year [A year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February, used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year.]
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An annual holiday of several cultures that marks the beginning of a new year according to a lunar or lunisolar calendar, as opposed to a new year dictated by a solar calendar such as the Julian or Gregorian calendars.
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A month of an average of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase.
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Abbreviation of month(s) old.
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A cycle of years that ends in a final death, conflagration, apocalypse, or the like, and the cycle begins again with a rebirth.
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A non-repeating, vigesimal (base-20) and base-18 calendar used by the Maya and several other pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures
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the average length of a solar day, used for practical timekeeping
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The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of the bissextile day once in 134 years.
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(astronomy, calendar studies) A particular approximate common multiple of the tropical year and the synodic month; in other words, the 19-year period over which the lunar phases occur on the same dates.
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Abbreviation of monthly. [Every month.]
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A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.
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(management, accounting) The period from the beginning of a calendar month to the end of a reporting period.
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In particular, January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar (New Year’s Day) and the days following.
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A year that does not contain the day February 29.
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(historical, often capitalized) The notional first-quarter day of a Roman month, occurring on the 7th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 5th day of all other months.
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In Ancient Rome, one of the first eight letters of the alphabet, which were repeated successively from the first to the last day of the year. One of these always expressed the market day, which returned every nine days (every eight days by our reckoning).
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(historical) The Julian calendar system, especially with reference to Russia, where it continued to be used until the early 20th century.
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(Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
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(astronomy, astrology) One twelfth of a Great Year, corresponding to one of the zodiacal ages (roughly 2000 years).
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(astronomy) Great Year; one complete precession of the equinoxes, approximately 25,765 years.
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(of a rotating object on the earth) The time taken to rotate about its axis relative to the earth (assumed fixed).
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(historical) Any of the five (six in leap years) extra days added at the end of Fructidor in the French Republican Calendar.
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(astronomy) A period of 223 synodic months (approximately 18 years 11 days 8 hours), after which the relative positions of the earth, sun and moon recur, used to predict eclipses.
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(astronomy) One day of sidereal time; the time in which Earth rotates once around its axis, relative to the point of the vernal equinox (about 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4 seconds).
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The time in which the moon passes round the ecliptic to the same star: 27.3217 days.
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The orbital period of the Earth; a measure of the time it takes for the Sun to return to the same position with respect to the stars of the celestial sphere. A sidereal year is about 20.4 minutes longer than the tropical year (which is what is kept stable by the Gregorian calendar) due to precession of the equinoxes.
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(astronomy) The nearly periodic 11-year change in the Sun's activity, measured from a minimum of activity to the next.
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(astronomy) one day of solar time, the time between successive noons; the time in which a planet such as Earth apparently rotates once around its axis, relative to the sun (on Earth about 24 hours as an average - the length of solar day is not constant throughout the year)
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One of 24 divisions in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar.
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(astronomy) The local time based on a solar day - the mean time between successive noons.
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The time it takes the Earth to pass once around the Sun, as reckoned with respect to the seasons and not the fixed stars (for instance from vernal equinox to vernal equinox).
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(astronomy) The span of time between successive heliacal risings of the star Sirius, equivalent to almost precisely 365¼ days.
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(astronomy) The rotational period of Earth; the time in which Earth rotates exactly 360 degrees around its axis, measured relative to the stars (about 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4 seconds).
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A revolution of the Earth around the Sun; a year.
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a month of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase. The long-term average duration is 29.530 588 days (29 d 12 h 44 min 2.8 s), or about 29 ½ days.
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(accounting) Synonym of fiscal year
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(in dates) The thirteenth day of a month.
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The current sol (Martian day).
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(obsolete) This year, in this year; during the year.
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A 13-day period used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican calendars.
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The average time for the Moon to pass twice through the same equinox point of the sky (27.32158 days).
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A vernal equinox year, the time between two successive vernal equinoxes.
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A part of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar system which corresponds to 18 winal cycles or 360 days.
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Approximately at the end of one year and the beginning of the next.
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The Mayan calendar of 260 days.
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Alternative form of winal [A period of 20 days in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar.]
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Abbreviation of year. [A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).]
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Abbreviation of year-on-year.
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Pronunciation spelling of year. [A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).]
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A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).
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A year of the Common Era/Christian Era; anno Domini; numbered from the once estimated first year for the birth of Jesus Christ.
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(mathematics) A day of the year.
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Obsolete spelling of year [A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).]
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(in combinations) A period of a certain number of years.
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(chiefly fantasy) A specific time of year; season.
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A year's time; the space of time equivalent to a year.
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Obsolete spelling of year [A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).]
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Obsolete spelling of year [A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).]
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Obsolete spelling of year [A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).]
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(statistics) Initialism of year-over-year; compared to the same time period in the previous year. [Compared to the same time period in the previous year.]
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Abbreviation of year. [A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).]
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Initialism of year-to-date. [(management, accounting) Relating to the period from the beginning of a fiscal year to the end of a reporting period.]
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Pronunciation spelling of year. [A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).]
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year, in two-digit numeric format, as in: dd/mm/yy
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