astronomical year
Origin of astronomical year
1Words Nearby astronomical year
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How to use astronomical year in a sentence
His astronomer, by name Sosigenes, did his best, but assumed the astronomical year to be 11 min.
More Science From an Easy Chair | Sir E. Ray (Edwin Ray) LankesterIt appears that in China there is no attempt to make the civil year or year of the calendar coincide with the astronomical year.
More Science From an Easy Chair | Sir E. Ray (Edwin Ray) LankesterDo all that you can to teach the signs of the zodiac, the days of the seasons, and all the doings of the astronomical year.
Winter | Dallas Lore Sharp
British Dictionary definitions for astronomical year
another name for year See year (def. 4)
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Scientific definitions for astronomical year
A solar year. See under solar time.
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