English Explanatory Dictionary

ecliptic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The great circle on the celestial sphere that is the mean apparent path of the sun as viewed from the earth.
  2. The plane in which this great circle lies.
  3. A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.
adj
  1. Relating to an eclipse or the ecliptic.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈklɪp.tɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ecliptic.wav

Word forms

ecliptic ecliptics ecliptick

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin eclīptica. So named because an eclipse can occur only when the Moon lies on this plane.

Synonyms

ecliptic plane plane of the ecliptic ecliptical

Derived words

plane of ecliptic superecliptic ecliptic longitude

Translations

Afrikaans: sonnebaan Albanian: ekliptikë Arabic: مَسَارُ الشَّمْسِ Armenian: խավարածիր Azerbaijani: ekliptika Basque: ekliptika Belarusian: экліптыка Bulgarian: еклиптика Catalan: eclíptica Chinese Mandarin: 黃道 /黄道 Czech: ekliptika Danish: ekliptika Dutch: ecliptica Dutch: schijnbare zonneweg Esperanto: ekliptiko Estonian: ekliptika Finnish: ekliptika French: écliptique Galician: eclíptica Georgian: ეკლიპტიკა German: Ekliptik Greek: εκλειπτική Hebrew: מישור המילקה Hindi: क्रांतिवृत्त Hindi: सूर्यपथ Hungarian: ekliptika Icelandic: sólbaugur Ido: ekliptiko Indonesian: ekliptika Irish: éiclipteach Italian: eclittica Japanese: 黄道 Kazakh: эклиптика Korean: 황도 Latvian: ekliptika Lithuanian: ekliptika Macedonian: еклиптика Malay: ekliptik Malayalam: ക്രാന്തിവൃത്തം Malayalam: ക്രാന്തിപഥം Marathi: क्रांतिवृत्त Norwegian: ekliptikken Persian: دایرةالبروج
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