°The
time it takes the
Earth to complete one
revolution of the
Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26
days depending on the point of reference).
"We moved to this town a year ago."
°(by extension) The time it takes for any
planetary body to make one revolution around another
body.
"Mars goes around the sun once in a Martian year, or 1.88 Earth years."
synonyms:
twelvemonth, anomalistic year, gaussian year, sidereal year
more»
, tropical year, calendar year, civil year, legal year