| tropical year n. See solar year. |
tropical year
n
(Astronomy) another name for solar year See year [4]
| tropical year A solar year. See under solar time. |
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| Noun | 1. |  tropical year - the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxesyear - 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" |
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