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- noun The time that it takes for the Sun to return to the same position along the
ecliptic , as viewed from the Earth, especially: - noun A
vernal equinox year, the time between twosuccessive vernal equinoxes .
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- noun the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes
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