"tropical year" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: tropical years [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tropical year (plural tropical years)
  1. The time that it takes for the Sun to return to the same position along the ecliptic, as viewed from the Earth, especially, completing a full cycle of seasons. Categories (topical): Calendar
    Sense id: en-tropical_year-en-noun-O0FgbU8E Disambiguation of Calendar: 31 38 30
  2. (in particular) A vernal equinox year; the time between two successive vernal equinoxes. Categories (topical): Calendar, Years Synonyms: solar year, astronomical year, equinoctial year, Sothic year (english: inexact) Derived forms: mean tropical year Related terms: tropical month, sidereal year Translations (time between two successive vernal equinoxes): 回歸年 (Chinese Mandarin), 回归年 (huíguīnián) (Chinese Mandarin), trooppinen vuosi (Finnish), szoláris év (Hungarian), tropikus év (Hungarian), ano tropical [masculine] (Portuguese), an tropic [masculine] (Romanian), an solar [masculine] (Romanian), тропи́ческий год (tropíčeskij god) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tropical_year-en-noun-ofQo1N~c Disambiguation of Calendar: 31 38 30 Disambiguation of Years: 27 41 32 Disambiguation of 'time between two successive vernal equinoxes': 14 68 17
  3. (by extension) The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution around the star, taking into account orbital precession. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Calendar
    Sense id: en-tropical_year-en-noun-gKD6ZVmw Disambiguation of Calendar: 31 38 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 30 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 34 51 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 23 29 48

Inflected forms

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