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Noun: solar year  sow-lu(r) yeer
  1. The time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes
    "The solar year is approximately 365.24 days long";
    - tropical year, astronomical year, equinoctial year

Derived forms: solar years

Type of: year

Encyclopedia: Solar year