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ecliptick

ecliptick is the obsolete form of ecliptic.

Meaning of ecliptic

Noun

ecliptic (plural ecliptics)

  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.
    Synonyms:
    ecliptic plane, plane of the ecliptic
  3. A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.

See all 4 meanings of ecliptic

Forms of ecliptick

pluraleclipticks

Questions about ecliptick

What is ecliptick the obsolete form of?
Ecliptick is the obsolete form of ecliptic.

Words near ecliptick in the dictionary

  1. ecliptic longitude
  2. ecliptic longitudes
  3. ecliptic plane
  4. ecliptic planes
  5. ecliptical
  6. ecliptick
  7. eclipticks
  8. ecliptics
  9. eclog
  10. eclogite
  11. eclogites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ecliptick (page history and authors); ecliptic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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