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View synonyms for astronomical year

astronomical year

astronomical year

noun

  1. another name for year See year
“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


astronomical year

  1. A solar year.
  2. See under solar time


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Word History and Origins

Origin of astronomical year1

First recorded in 1855–60
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Example Sentences

His astronomer, by name Sosigenes, did his best, but assumed the astronomical year to be 11 min.

It appears that in China there is no attempt to make the civil year or year of the calendar coincide with the astronomical year.

Do all that you can to teach the signs of the zodiac, the days of the seasons, and all the doings of the astronomical year.

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