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单词 tropical year
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tropical year

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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.
Also called astronomical year, e·qui·noc·tial year, so·lar year .

Origin of tropical year

First recorded in 1585–95

Words nearby tropical year

tropical sore, tropical splenomegaly syndrome, tropical sprue, tropical storm, tropical typhus, tropical year, tropic bird, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, tropine, tropism
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British Dictionary definitions for tropical year

tropical year

noun

another name for solar year See year (def. 4)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for tropical year

tropical year

A solar year. See under solar time.
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