astronomical year
astronomical year · astronomical years
The time it takes the Earth to pass once around the Sun, particularly a tropical,…The time it takes the Earth to pass once around the Sun, particularly a tropical, sidereal, or anomalistic year.
Meaning
1 sensesThe time it takes the Earth to pass once around the Sun, particularly a tropical, sidereal, or anomalistic year.
the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes
Forms
plural: astronomical years| Singular | astronomical year |
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regular
Synonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes:solar yeartropical yearequinoctial year