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Meanings of sidereal day in English

Portuguese
dia
Catalan
dia sideral

The time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day.

dia
Russian
звёздная минута
Catalan
dia sideral

Unit of time.

Related terms
звёздная минута
Synonyms
Examples for "day"
Examples for "day"
1
Health professionals deal with people's personal health information every day, Bloomfield said.
Radio NZ
2
Thank you Ireland: it's a great day, for Ireland and for Europe.
The Irish Times
3
Today is a great day for the future health of Australian children.
The Irish Times
4
However; incoming information may well change over the course of the day.
The South African
5
Find in the Glossary the meaning of: day-beds; glade; skirted; yearling; trophy.
The Elson Readers, Book 5
Usage of sidereal day in English
1
This is the difference between sidereal day and synodic day.
Wired
2
They'd signed up for a full sidereal day -two hundred fifty-fiveEarth days.
The dog said bow-wow
3
Now there would be no night for a sidereal day, Duchess-night flowing seamlessly into Duke-day.
The Reality Dysfunction
4
That interval, the sidereal day, lasts 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds.
Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries
5
That is the sidereal day.
Astronomy for Amateurs
6
I am concerned with the rotational rate of the Earth on its axis, so I need to use the sidereal day.
Wired
7
In a vast, convulsive recession of the equinoxes, a billion sidereal days had reborn themselves, re-aligned the nebulae and island universes in their original perspectives.
The Drowned World
8
Sidereal Day: 22.45 hours
House of Steel