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NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: Gregorian calendar, New Style calendar]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

New Style calendar
    n 1: 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 [syn: Gregorian
         calendar, New Style calendar]