gregorian calendar month

Noun
  1. A month in the Gregorian calendar (synset 115234502)
    is a type of: calendar month, month - one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
    subtypes:
    • jan, january - the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
    • feb, february - the month following January and preceding March
    • mar, march - the month following February and preceding April
    • apr, april - the month following March and preceding May
    • may - the month following April and preceding June
    • june - the month following May and preceding July
    • july - the month following June and preceding August
    • aug, august - the month following July and preceding September
    • sep, sept, september - the month following August and preceding October
    • oct, october - the month following September and preceding November
    • nov, november - the month following October and preceding December
    • dec, december - the last (12th) month of the year
    is a part of: 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; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752

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