anomalistic year
noun Astronomy.
the average interval between consecutive passages of the earth through the perihelion, equivalent to 365.26 days.
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Origin of anomalistic year
First recorded in 1870–75
Words nearby anomalistic year
anolyte, anomalad, anomalism, anomalistic, anomalistic month, anomalistic year, anomalous, anomalous complex, anomalous correspondence, anomalous dispersion, anomalous monism
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British Dictionary definitions for anomalistic year
anomalistic year
noun
the interval between two successive passages of the earth through perihelion; 365.25964 mean solar days
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