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The time it takes the Earth to pass once around the Sun, for instance from vernal equinox to vernal equinox.
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solar year — n. see YEAR (sense 2) … English World dictionary
solar year — n the period of time in which the Earth travels once around the Sun, equal to just over 365 days … Dictionary of contemporary English
solar year — ► NOUN ▪ the time between successive spring or autumn equinoxes, or winter or summer solstices (365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds) … English terms dictionary
solar year — noun the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes • Syn: ↑tropical year, ↑astronomical year, ↑equinoctial year • Hypernyms: ↑year * * * ˌsolar ˈyear [solar year] … Useful english dictionary
solar 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 … Fizikos terminų žodynas
solar year — year (def. 4b). * * * … Universalium
solar year — year based on the orbit of the Earth around the sun … English contemporary dictionary
solar year — so′lar year′ n. astron. year 4), b) … From formal English to slang
solar year — /soʊlə ˈjɪə/ (say sohluh year) noun See year (def. 5) …
solar year — The time which elapses from the sun s appearance on one of the tropics to its return to the same; commonly 365 days, and in leap years, 366 days; unless the context or other indications show a different intent, it means a year consisting of… … Ballentine's law dictionary
