Wordnet 3.0
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]