Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

solar day

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English

Syllables: so-lar -day
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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)

Inflected Forms

solar days (plural)

Phrases

mean solar day solar time sidereal day stellar day

Frequently Paired Words

solar time sidereal day stellar day

Synonyms

day twenty-four hours twenty-four hour period 24-hour interval mean solar day

Questions

What does solar day mean?: 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)

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