solar day

Noun

Meaning

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

day mean solar day twenty-four hours twenty-four hour period morrow daylight tomorrow yesterday today days solar time 24-hour interval astronomical day nautical day 24 hour a day
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Hypernyms

time unit unit of time

Hyponyms

eve morrow date tomorrow yesterday today

Related terms

solar time

Examples

two days later they left Source: Internet

they put on two performances every day Source: Internet

there are 30,000 passengers per day Source: Internet

Ancient Sinhalese in Sri Lanka divided a solar day into 60 peya (now called Sinhala peya). Source: Internet

An important one is the solar day, defined as the time it takes for the Sun to return to its culmination point (its highest point in the sky). Source: Internet

Because celestial orbits are not perfectly circular, and thus objects travel at different speeds at various positions in their orbit, a solar day is not the same length of time throughout the orbital year. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

solar cycle solar dance solar dance ceremony solar deity solar dermatitis solar detonation