tropical year

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noun

year(def 4b).

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Origin of tropical year

First recorded in 1585–95

Words nearby tropical year

tropical sore, tropical splenomegaly syndrome, tropical sprue, tropical storm, tropical typhus, tropical year, tropicalize, tropicbird, tropine, tropism, tropo-
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British Dictionary definitions for tropical year

tropical year

noun

another name for solar year See year (def. 4)
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Scientific definitions for tropical year

tropical year

A solar year. See under solar time.
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