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ECLIPTIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator
Example:
all of the planets rotate the sun in approximately the same ecliptic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("ecliptic" is a kind of...):
great circle (a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center)
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