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Sothic year

Sothic year noun: the span of time between successive heliacal risings of the star Sirius, equivalent to almost precisely 365¼ days.

Noun

Sothic year (plural Sothic years)

  1. The span of time between successive heliacal risings of the star Sirius, equivalent to almost precisely 365¼ days.

Forms of Sothic year

pluralSothic years

Questions about Sothic year

What does Sothic year mean?
Sothic year means the span of time between successive heliacal risings of the star Sirius, equivalent to almost precisely 365¼ days.
What part of speech is Sothic year?
Sothic year is a noun.
What is the plural of Sothic year?
The plural of Sothic year is Sothic years.

Words near Sothic year in the dictionary

  1. Sothic
  2. Sothic cycle
  3. Sothic cycles
  4. Sothic period
  5. Sothic periods
  6. Sothic year
  7. Sothic years
  8. Sothis
  9. Sotho
  10. Sothoness
  11. Soths

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