Look up: Year

1. year
   acronym: (do not abbreviate this word)
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2. Year
   In meteorological terms, the full cycle of the seasons, that is, the time taken by the sun to transverse the Ecliptic completely - or Tropical Year. It is equal to 365.242194 mean solar days.
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3. year
   [n] - a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity 2. [n] - a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days 3. [n] - the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun
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4. year
   A year could be written in 1 of 3 ways either by giving the names of the reigning consuls during the Republic, or by giving the name of the reigning emperor during the Empire, or by reckoning the number of years from 753 BC, the traditional year of the foundation of Rome by Romulus. A year designated BC should be subtracted from 754, whereas a year…
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5. year
   See NL Category: Management in the public and private sector
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6. Year
   Generally, any period of twelve months commencing on the relevant start date but - Accounting (or financial) year - the period covered by the accounts of a company or other body. Calendar year - twelve months ending on 31 December. Fiscal year - the tax year ending on 5 April. However, rates and Council tax are based on a year ending 31 March.
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7. Year
   Year noun [ Middle English yer , yeer , ʒer , Anglo-Saxon geár ; akin to OFries. i...r , g...r , Dutch jaar , Old High German jār , German jahr , Icelandic ār
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8. year
   1. The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil ...
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9. year
   noun the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun; `a Martian year takes 687 of our days`
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10. year
    noun a body of students who graduate together; `the class of `97`; `she was in my year at Hoehandle High`
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11. Year
    • (n.) The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn. • (n.) Age, or old age; as, a man in years. • (n.) The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolut...
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12. year
    time required for the Earth to travel once around the Sun, about 365 14 days. This fractional number makes necessary the periodic intercalation of ... [4 related articles]
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13. Year
    Year is American slang for one dollar.
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14. Year
    Year is American slang for one dollar.
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15. year
    
    • a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
    • the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun
    • a body of students who graduate together
    
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16. year
    year, timerequired for the earth to complete one orbit about the sun. The solar or tropical year is measured relative to the sun and is equal to 365 days, 5 hr, 48 min, 46 sec of mean solar time (see solar time). The sidereal year, measured relative to the stars, is longer than the tropical year by ...
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17. year
    Type: Term Pronunciation: yēr Definitions: 1. An approximately 365-day period, the time the earth takes to revolve around the sun.
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18. year
    Unit of time measurement, based on the orbital period of the Earth around the Sun. The tropical year (also called equinoctial and solar year), from one spring equinox to the next, lasts 365.2422 days (nearly 3651/4 days). It governs the occurrence of the seasons, and is the period on which the calendar year is based. Every four years is a leap ...
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19. Year
    Year in which the whisky was first distilled and entered into barrels. Unlike wine, whisky does not have vintages. However, the year helps define the process used and resulting whisky characteristics.
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20. Year
    A `year` (from Old English gēar) is the orbital period of the Earth moving around the Sun. For an observer on Earth, this corresponds to the period it takes the Sun to complete one course throughout the zodiac along the ecliptic. In astronomy, the Julian year is a unit of time, defined as...
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21. Year
    (metadata) In metadata, `year` is a representation term used to specify a year in the Gregorian calendar systems. Example in XML: If a vehicle has a model year the XML data element may be: <VehicleModelYear>2006</VehicleModelYear> In the above example the Vehicle is the object, the Mode...
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