"solar day" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-solar day.wav Forms: solar days [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} solar day (plural solar days)
  1. (astronomy) One day of solar time; the time in which a planet such as Earth apparently rotates once around its axis relative to the Sun; the time taken for the Sun to seem to be in the same place in the sky twice (on Earth about 24 hours as an average - the length of solar day is not constant throughout the year) Categories (topical): Astronomy, Time Derived forms: mean solar day Related terms: solar time, sidereal day, stellar day Translations (time for a planet to rotate once relative to the sun): আফতাবী রোজ (aftabī roz) (Bengali), 太陽日 /太阳日 (tàiyángrì) (Chinese Mandarin), zonnedag [masculine] (Dutch), aurinkovuorokausi (Finnish), jour solaire [masculine] (French), día solar [masculine] (Galician), Sonnentag [masculine] (German), Solartag [masculine] (German), 太陽日 (taiyōjitsu) (alt: たいようじつ) (Japanese), со́лнечные су́тки (sólnečnyje sútki) [feminine, plural] (Russian), día solar [masculine] (Spanish), soldygn [neuter] (Swedish)

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