By+a+leap

  • 51LEAP (programming language) — LEAP is an extension to the ALGOL 60 programming language which provides an associative memory of triples. It was created by Jerome Feldman (University of California Berkeley) and Paul Rovner (MIT Lincoln Lab) in 1967 …

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  • 52Leap into Darkness — is a memoir that was written by Leo Bretholz. The book was published in 1999, and was co written by Michael Olesker. Plot SummaryThe book begins with Hitler s entry into Austria in 1938. The book recounts Leo s early life and the beginning of the …

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  • 53leap — index transition Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 54LEAP —   [eliːæ piː, englisch], Abkürzung für englisch Lightweight exo atmospheric projectile [ laɪtweɪt eksəætməs fɛrik prɔdʒɪktaɪl], Bezeichnung für ein in der Entwicklung befindliches luftgestütztes Raketenabwehrsystem der US Streitkräfte zur… …

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  • 55leap year — n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps because a date in such a year jumps one day ahead of the day on which it would otherwise have fallen] a year, which happens every fourth year, when February has 29 days instead of 28 …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 56leap year — leap ,year noun count a year that has 366 days instead of 365 …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 57leap v — leap year …

    English expressions

  • 58leap second — leap′ sec ond n. hor an extra second intercalated into the world s timekeeping system about once a year, made necessary by the gradual slowing down of the earth s rotation • Etymology: 1970–75 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 59leap year — leap′ year n. 1) hor (in the Gregorian calendar) a year that contains 366 days, with February 29 as an additional day: occurring in years whose last two digits are evenly divisible by four, except for centenary years not divisible by 400 2) hor a …

    From formal English to slang

  • 60leap — verb. The past form and past participle are in both BrE and AmE either leaped (pronounced leept or lept) or leapt (pronounced lept). Examples: • I can t say that wretch I leaped in after was much of a loss to the human race P. Bailey, 1986 • She… …

    Modern English usage