tropical year

noun

1. a division of time equal to about 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds, representing the interval between one vernal equinox and the next.

tropical year

noun

1. See year, solar year
   another name for solar year See year

tropical year

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tropical year¹

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

And now, by a variety of indications, it was manifest that the winter of the tropical year was at hand.

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This would indeed be the case if the mean value of the civil year of the Julian calendar was exactly equal to the tropical year.

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By taking this amount from the sidereal we obtain the tropical year, which has reference to the seasons and the calendar.

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This is the tropical year or the time from one equinox to its return.

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Have you ever quite realized what the tropical year is like?

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