HyperDic: equinoctial_year

English > 1 sense of the expression equinoctial year:
NOUNtimeequinoctial year, solar year, tropical year, astronomical yearthe time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes
English > equinoctial year: 1 sense > noun 1, time
MeaningThe time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes.
Synonymssolar year, tropical year, astronomical year
BroaderyearThe period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun
Spanishaño, año solar
Catalanany solar

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