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ASTRONOMICAL YEAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes
Synonyms:
astronomical year; equinoctial year; solar year; tropical year
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("astronomical year" is a kind of...):
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)
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