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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solar year

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

Some form of government must have organized the labor and materials necessary to construct the walls and tower at Jericho, which may have served as an observatory to mark the passage of the solar year.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

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

From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2022

Since it is the solar year, not the lunar year, that determines the time for harvest and planting, the seasons seem to drift when you reckon by an uncorrected lunar year.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife