tropical year
1Tropical year — Year Year, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [yogh]er, AS. ge[ a]r; akin to OFries. i?r, g?r, D. jaar, OHG. j[=a]r, G. jahr, Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aar, Sw. [*a]r, Goth. j?r, Gr. ? a season of the year, springtime, a part of the day, an hour, ? a year, Zend y[=a]re… …
2tropical year — n. see YEAR (sense 2) …
3Tropical year — A tropical year (also known as a solar year), for general purposes, is the length of time that the Sun takes to return to the same position in the cycle of seasons, as seen from Earth; for example, the time from vernal equinox to vernal equinox,… …
4tropical year — The period between two successive vernal equinoxes, the time the earth takes to complete one orbit around the sun relative to the first point of Aries. Its length was 365 days 5 h 48 min and 45.19 s in 2000, and it is changing by 0.00000006162 ´… …
5tropical year — atogrąžiniai metai statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. solar year; tropical year vok. tropisches Jahr, n rus. тропический год, m pranc. année tropique, f …
6tropical year — year (def. 4b). [1585 95] * * * …
7tropical year — noun the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes • Syn: ↑solar year, ↑astronomical year, ↑equinoctial year • Hypernyms: ↑year …
8tropical year — noun a) The time that it takes for the Sun to return to the same position along the ecliptic, as viewed from the Earth, especially: b) A vernal equinox year, the time between two successive vernal equinoxes. Syn: astronomical year …
9tropical year — /trɒpɪkəl ˈjɪə/ (say tropikuhl year) noun See year (def. 5) …
10tropical year — noun another term for solar year …
