ECLIPTIC

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

all of the planets rotate the sun in approximately the same ecliptic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("ecliptic" is a kind of...):

great circle (a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center)

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