anomalistic year
noun Astronomy.
the average interval between consecutive passages of the earth through the perihelion, equivalent to 365.26 days.
Nearby words
anolyte, anomalad, anomalism, anomalistic, anomalistic month, anomalistic year, anomalous, anomalous complex, anomalous correspondence, anomalous dispersion, anomalous monism
Origin of anomalistic year
First recorded in 1870–75
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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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