Biennary

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of biennial: of or concerning a two-year period; lasting or occurring every two years. not-comparable, uncommon

    "The first expedient adopted to reconcile the lunar and solar years seems to have been the addition of a month of thirty days to every second year. Two lunar years would thus contain 25 months, or 738 days, while two solar years, of 365¼ days each, contain 730½ days. The difference of 7½ days was still too great to escape observation; it was accordingly proposed by Cleostratus of Tenedos, who flourished shortly after the time of Thales, to omit the biennary intercalation every eighth year."

Etymology

From Latin biennium (“a two-year period”) + -ary (“forming adjectives”).

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