sidereal year
nounAstronomy.
a division of time equal to the equinoctial year plus 20 minutes, representing the time required for the earth to complete one revolution around the sun, measured with relation to the fixed stars.
Origin of sidereal year
1First recorded in 1675–85
- Compare anomalistic year.
Words Nearby sidereal year
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How to use sidereal year in a sentence
In reducing these days to years the sidereal year was taken as the Standard year.
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British Dictionary definitions for sidereal year
sidereal year
noun
See year (def. 5)
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