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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

cognition, knowledge, noesis go
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

structure go
the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations

organization, organisation, arrangement, system go
an organized structure for arranging or classifying

calendar go
a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year

solar calendar
a calendar based on solar cycles

noun.time

3 Subcategories

Gregorian calendar, New Style calendar go
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
Julian calendar, Old Style calendar go
the solar calendar introduced in Rome in 46 b.c. by Julius Caesar and slightly modified by Augustus, establishing the 12-month year of 365 days with each 4th year having 366 days and the months having 31 or 30 days except for February
Revolutionary calendar go
the calendar adopted by the first French Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805