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EQUINOCTIAL YEAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does equinoctial year mean? 

EQUINOCTIAL YEAR (noun)
  The noun EQUINOCTIAL YEAR has 1 sense:

1. the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxesplay

  Familiarity information: EQUINOCTIAL YEAR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EQUINOCTIAL YEAR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

astronomical year; equinoctial year; solar year; tropical year

Hypernyms ("equinoctial year" is a kind of...):

year (the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun)


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