period of revolution

noun

1. astronomy the mean time taken for one body, such as a planet, to complete a revolution about another, such as the sun

Example Sentences

This is because, in co-orbital motion, the planet and secondary body orbit in the same region with the same period of revolution.

From Nature

It was a period of revolution but the frontline was far from Billings.

From Washington Times

In the early years of the 20th Century, the arts entered a period of revolution.

From BBC

After listening to Alibaba executive Liu Chunning describe Yule Bao during one panel discussion at the festival this week, Ren Zhonglun, the venerable head of the 65-year-old Shanghai Film Group, declared his industry to be “in a period of revolution.”

From Los Angeles Times

The period of revolution is about two years.

From Project Gutenberg