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View synonyms for tropical year
tropical year
noun
- a division of time equal to about 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds, representing the interval between one vernal equinox and the next.
tropical year
tropical year
- A solar year.
- See under solar time
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tropical year1
First recorded in 1585–95
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Example Sentences
And now, by a variety of indications, it was manifest that the winter of the tropical year was at hand.
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This would indeed be the case if the mean value of the civil year of the Julian calendar was exactly equal to the tropical year.
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By taking this amount from the sidereal we obtain the tropical year, which has reference to the seasons and the calendar.
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This is the tropical year or the time from one equinox to its return.
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Have you ever quite realized what the tropical year is like?
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