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julian day

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English

Syllables
ju-lian -day
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A date expressed as a real number of days counted with GMT noon on 1 January 4713 BCE in proleptic Julian calendar (November 24, 4714 BCE, in the proleptic Gregorian calendar) as zero; used primarily by astronomers and historians to compare events recorded in different cultures.

Inflected Forms

Julian days (plural)

Synonyms

JD Julian date

Questions

What does julian day mean?
A date expressed as a real number of days counted with GMT noon on 1 January 4713 BCE in proleptic Julian calendar (November 24, 4714 BCE, in the proleptic Gregorian calendar) as zero; used primarily by astronomers and historians to compare events recorded in different cultures.

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