solar year

solar year

n.

The period of time required for the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun, measured from one vernal equinox to the next and equal to 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45.51 seconds. Also called astronomical year, tropical year.

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solar year

n

(Astronomy) See year [4]

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solar year

See under solar time.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

solar year - the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes astronomical year, equinoctial year, tropical year 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; "a Martian year takes 687 of our days"