Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

julian year

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English

Syllables: ju-lian year
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A year in the old Julian calendar that has either 365 or 366 days.

noun

A unit of measurement of time defined as exactly 365.25 days of 86400 SI seconds each.

Inflected Forms

Julian years (plural)

Questions

What does julian year mean?: A year in the old Julian calendar that has either 365 or 366 days.

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