solar year

1. 1.

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

   Synonymstropical yearastronomical yearequinoctial year

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Questions about solar year

What does solar year mean?

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

What is another word for solar year?

Close synonyms include tropical year, astronomical 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.