YEAR

Year

A year is the orbital period of the Earth moving around the Sun. For an observer on the Earth, this corresponds to the period it takes the Sun to complete one course throughout the zodiac along the ecliptic.

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year

Noun

  1. The time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).
  2. The time it takes for any planetary body to make one revolution around another body.
  3. A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar.
  4. A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
  5. A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a".
  6. A level or grade in school or college.
  7. The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).


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