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Meanings of tropical year in English

Portuguese
ano
Catalan
any solar

The time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes.

        ano
        Russian
        тропический год
        Portuguese
        ano trópico
        Spanish
        año solar
        Catalan
        any tròpic

        Period of time for the ecliptic longitude of the Sun to increase 360°

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                тропический год
                Usage of tropical year in English
                1
                And now, by a variety of indications, it was manifest that the winter of the tropical year was at hand.
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                2
                It also approximates a tropical year, the time it takes for the Earth to complete a full orbit around the sun.
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                3
                It was now the spring of the tropical year: the deciduous trees were renewing their verdure, and were covered with young shoots, and bursting leaf-buds.
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