astronomical year

1. 1.

   the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes

   Synonymssolar yeartropical yearequinoctial year

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Questions about astronomical year

What does astronomical year mean?

astronomical year means "the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes".

What is another word for astronomical year?

Close synonyms include solar year, tropical year, equinoctial year. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is astronomical year a common word?

astronomical year is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.