Ecliptic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The intersection plane of the earth's orbit with the celestial sphere, along which the sun appears to move as viewed from the earth.
  • n. A great circle inscribed on a terrestrial globe inclined at an approximate angle of 23°27ʹ to the equator and representing the apparent motion of the sun in relation to the earth during a year.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The apparent 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. So named because an eclipse can occur only when the Moon lies on this plane.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A great circle of the celestial sphere, making an angle with the equinoctial of about 23° 28'. It is the apparent path of the sun, or the real path of the earth as seen from the sun.
  • n. A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, making an angle of 23° 28' with the equator; -- used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.
  • adj. Pertaining to the ecliptic.
  • adj. Pertaining to an eclipse or to eclipses.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to an eclipse.
  • Pertaining to the apparent path of the sun in the heavens: as, ecliptic constellations.
  • n. In astronomy, a great circle of the heavens in the plane of the earth's orbit, or that of the apparent annual motion of the sun among the stars.
  • n. A great circle drawn upon a terrestrial globe, tangent to the tropics.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. 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
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    great circle   
    Cross Reference
    ecliptic conjunction    ecliptic limits    ecliptic digit   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    circle   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    apocalyptic    cryptic    triptych   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    zodiac    harmonise    darkside    equator    north-northeast   
     
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