Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

astronomical year

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables: as-tro-nom-i-cal year
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The time it takes the Earth to pass once around the Sun, particularly a tropical, sidereal, or anomalistic year.

Inflected Forms

astronomical years (plural)

Synonyms

anomalistic year sidereal year solar year tropical year equinoctial year

Questions

What does astronomical year mean?: The time it takes the Earth to pass once around the Sun, particularly a tropical, sidereal, or anomalistic year.

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