adj
Meaning 1
Relating to an eclipse or the ecliptic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ecliptical
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ecliptic
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UK: /ɪˈklɪp.tɪk/
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rhymes with -ɪptɪk
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noun
Meaning 2
The great circle on the celestial sphere that is the mean apparent path of the sun as viewed from the earth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The plane in which this great circle lies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ecliptic plane, plane of the ecliptic
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- all of the planets rotate the sun in approximately the same ecliptic
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: great circle
History
Etymology
From Middle English ecliptik, from Latin eclīpticus.
Borrowed from Latin eclīptica. So named because an eclipse can occur only when the Moon lies on this plane.
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: sonnebaan — Earth's orbital plane
- Albanian: ekliptikë — Earth's orbital plane
- Arabic: مَسَارُ الشَّمْسِ (masāru š-šamsi) — Earth's orbital plane
- Armenian: խավարածիր (xavaracir) — Earth's orbital plane
- Azerbaijani: ekliptika — Earth's orbital plane
- Basque: ekliptika — Earth's orbital plane
- Belarusian: экліптыка (ekliptyka) — Earth's orbital plane
- Bulgarian: еклиптика (ekliptika) — Earth's orbital plane
- Catalan: eclíptica — Earth's orbital plane
- Chinese Mandarin: 黃道 /黄道 (huángdào) — Earth's orbital plane
- Czech: ekliptika — Earth's orbital plane
- Danish: ekliptika — Earth's orbital plane
- Dutch: ecliptica — Earth's orbital plane
- Dutch: schijnbare zonneweg — Earth's orbital plane
- Esperanto: ekliptiko — Earth's orbital plane
- Estonian: ekliptika — Earth's orbital plane
- Finnish: ekliptika — Earth's orbital plane
- French: écliptique — Earth's orbital plane
- Galician: eclíptica — Earth's orbital plane
- Georgian: ეკლიპტიკა (eḳliṗṭiḳa) — Earth's orbital plane
- German: Ekliptik — Earth's orbital plane
- Greek: εκλειπτική (ekleiptikí) — Earth's orbital plane
- Hebrew: מישור המילקה (mishór hamílke) — Earth's orbital plane
- Hindi: क्रांतिवृत्त (krāntivŕtt) — Earth's orbital plane
- Hindi: सूर्यपथ (sūryapath) — Earth's orbital plane
- Hungarian: ekliptika — Earth's orbital plane
- Icelandic: sólbaugur — Earth's orbital plane
- Ido: ekliptiko — Earth's orbital plane
- Indonesian: ekliptika — Earth's orbital plane
- Irish: éiclipteach — Earth's orbital plane
- Italian: eclittica — Earth's orbital plane
- Japanese: 黄道 (kōdō) — Earth's orbital plane
- Kazakh: эклиптика (ékliptika) — Earth's orbital plane
- Korean: 황도 (hwangdo) — Earth's orbital plane
- Latvian: ekliptika — Earth's orbital plane
- Lithuanian: ekliptika — Earth's orbital plane
- Macedonian: еклиптика (ekliptika) — Earth's orbital plane
- Malay: ekliptik — Earth's orbital plane
- Malayalam: ക്രാന്തിവൃത്തം (krāntivr̥ttaṁ) — Earth's orbital plane
- Malayalam: ക്രാന്തിപഥം (krāntipathaṁ) — Earth's orbital plane
- Marathi: क्रांतिवृत्त (krāntivŕtta) — Earth's orbital plane
- Norwegian: ekliptikken — Earth's orbital plane
- Persian: دایرةالبروج (dâyertâlboruj) — Earth's orbital plane
- Polish: ekliptyka — Earth's orbital plane
- Portuguese: eclíptica — Earth's orbital plane
- Punjabi: ਸੂਰਜੀ ਪੰਧ (sūrjī pandh) — Earth's orbital plane
- Romanian: ecliptică — Earth's orbital plane
- Russian: экли́птика (eklíptika) — Earth's orbital plane
- Serbo-Croatian: еклиптика — Earth's orbital plane
- Serbo-Croatian: ekliptika — Earth's orbital plane
- Slovak: ekliptika — Earth's orbital plane
- Slovene: ekliptika — Earth's orbital plane
- Spanish: eclíptica — Earth's orbital plane
- Swedish: ekliptika — Earth's orbital plane
- Tagalog: guhitlaw — Earth's orbital plane
- Thai: สุริยวิถี (sù-rí-yɔɔ-wí-tíi) — Earth's orbital plane
- Thai: รวิมรรค — Earth's orbital plane
- Turkish: tutulum — Earth's orbital plane
- Turkish: ekliptik — Earth's orbital plane
- Ukrainian: еклі́птика (eklíptyka) — Earth's orbital plane
- Vietnamese: hoàng đạo — Earth's orbital plane
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