| NOUN | time | solar calendar | a calendar based on solar cycles |
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| Meaning | A calendar based on solar cycles. | |
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| Narrower | Gregorian calendar, New Style 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 |
| Julian calendar, Old Style calendar | The solar calendar introduced in Rome in 46 b.c. by Julius Caesar and slightly modified by Augustus, establishing the 12-month year of 365 days with each 4th year having 366 days and the months having 31 or 30 days except for February | |
| Revolutionary calendar | The calendar adopted by the first French Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805 | |
| Broader | calendar | A system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year |
| Spanish | calendario solar | |
| Catalan | calendari solar | |
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