solar year

American  

[sohl-er yeer] / ˈsoʊl ər ˈjɪər /

noun

1. Astronomy. Also called tropical year; astronomical year. 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.

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solar year British  

noun

1. See year

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solar year Scientific  

1. See under solar time

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Example Sentences

The current Gregorian calendar system makes the fractional days of the solar year and leap year calendar nearly equal by occasionally skipping a leap day.

From National Geographic • Feb. 26, 2024

The Gregorian calendar, intended to more accurately mark the solar year, was adopted in 1752, adding 11 days.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2024

For the next three quarters of a solar year, our daylight allotment will be less.

From Washington Post • Aug. 6, 2022

The 260-day calendar, called the tzolk'in, was one of several inter-related Maya systems of reckoning time, also including a solar year of 365 days, a larger system called the "Long Count" and a lunar system.

From Reuters • Apr. 14, 2022

Faced with an old Roman calendar that was itself drifting out of sync with the solar year, he recognized the Alexandrian calendar as a worthy model for a proposed revision.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro