ecliptics
Meaning of ecliptics
plural noun
a great circle on the celestial sphere representing the sun's apparent path during the year, so called because lunar and solar eclipses can only occur when the moon crosses it.
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek ekleiptikos, from ekleipein ‘fail to appear’ (see eclipse).
Information about ecliptics
- It is a name.
- The singular form of ecliptics is: ecliptic.
- Languages in which ecliptics is used:
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Hyphenation of ecliptics
eclip-tics
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- ecliptics is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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