ecliptic
Meaning of ecliptic
noun
- The apparent annual path of the Sun in the sky. More accurately, it is the intersection of the celestial sphere with the plane of the ecliptic, which is the geometric plane containing the mean orbit of the Earth around the Sun.
- A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.
adjective
Relating to an eclipse or the ecliptic.
Information about ecliptic
- The plural form of ecliptic is: ecliptics.
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Hyphenation of ecliptic
eclip-tic
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- ecliptic is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of ecliptic
- French: écliptique
- Spanish: eclíptica
- Italian: eclittica
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