HyperDic: tropical_year

English > 1 sense of the expression tropical year:
NOUNtimetropical year, solar year, astronomical year, equinoctial yearthe time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes
English > tropical 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, astronomical year, equinoctial 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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