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Defenition of the word ecliptic

    • Defenition of the word ecliptic

      • (Astronomy) The apparent path that the Sun traces out in the sky during the year.
      • the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator; "all of the planets rotate the sun in approximately the same ecliptic"
      • the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth''s orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator; "all of the planets rotate the sun in approximately the same ecliptic"
      • the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator

    Hypernyms for the word ecliptic

      • great circle

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