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Ecliptic – definitions in English dictionary

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.

Usage examples:

An eclipse occurs only if the moon crosses the ecliptic when very close to either conjunction or op…
adjective

Of an eclipse or the ecliptic.

Usage examples:

Lunar eclipses occur at the time of a full moon, and when the moon is near one of the nodes of inte…

Ecliptic translation into English

Ecliptic: translate from English into Chinese

Translate ecliptic into Chinese (Simplified)}
黄道, 黄道的

Ecliptic: translate from English into Dutch

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Ecliptica, Ecliptic, Zonnebaan

Ecliptic: translate from English into French

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Écliptique

Ecliptic: translate from English into German

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Ekliptik

Ecliptic: translate from English into Hindi

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क्रांतिवृत्त, ग्रहण संबंध, ग्रहण संबंधी, रविमार्ग, वह वृत्त जिससे सूर्य चलता हुआ ज्ञात होता है, एकलिप्टिक

Ecliptic: translate from English into Italian

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Eclittica, Eclittico

Ecliptic: translate from English into Korean

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황도, 식의

Ecliptic: translate from English into Russian

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Эклиптика, Эклиптический

Ecliptic: translate from English into Spanish

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Eclíptica, Eclíptico

Word origin

late Middle English: via Latin from Greek ekleiptikos, from ekleipein ‘fail to appear’ (see eclipse).

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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.

Usage examples:

An eclipse occurs only if the moon crosses the ecliptic when very close to either conjunction or op…
adjective

Of an eclipse or the ecliptic.

Usage examples:

Lunar eclipses occur at the time of a full moon, and when the moon is near one of the nodes of inte…
Ecliptics - all meanings in English

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