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sideral time

sideral time is the alternative spelling of sidereal time.

Meaning of sidereal time

Noun

sidereal time (uncountable)

  1. Time measured by the apparent diurnal motion of the vernal equinox; approximated by that based on the rotation of planet Earth relative to the seemingly fixed stars.

Questions about sideral time

What is sideral time the alternative spelling of?
Sideral time is the alternative spelling of sidereal time.

Words near sideral time in the dictionary

  1. sidequels
  2. sidequest
  3. sidequests
  4. sider
  5. sideral
  6. sideral time
  7. sideramine
  8. sideramines
  9. sideraphthite
  10. siderastreid
  11. siderastreids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sideral time (page history and authors); sidereal time (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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