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Noun: tropical year  tró-pi-kul yir [N. Amer], tró-pi-kul yi-u(r) [Brit]
  1. The time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes
    - solar year, astronomical year, equinoctial year

Derived forms: tropical years

Type of: year

Encyclopedia: Tropical year

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