ecliptic

See also: eclíptic

English

Alternative forms

• ecliptick (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪˈklɪp.tɪk/

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin eclīptica. So named because an eclipse can occur only when the Moon lies on this plane.

Noun

ecliptic (plural ecliptics)

1. (astronomy) The great circle on the celestial sphere that is the mean apparent path of the sun as viewed from the earth.
2. (astronomy) The plane in which this great circle lies.

   Synonyms: ecliptic plane, plane of the ecliptic

3. (geometry) A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.

Derived terms

• plane of ecliptic
• superecliptic

 

Translations

Earth's orbital plane

• Afrikaans: sonnebaan
• Albanian: ekliptikë
• Arabic: مَسَارُ الشَّمْسِ m (masāru š-šamsi)
• Armenian: խավարածիր (hy) (xavaracir)
• Azerbaijani: ekliptika
• Basque: ekliptika
• Belarusian: экліптыка f (ekliptyka)
• Bulgarian: еклиптика f (ekliptika)
• Catalan: eclíptica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黃道 / 黄道 (zh) (huángdào)

• Czech: ekliptika (cs) f
• Danish: ekliptika c
• Dutch: ecliptica (nl) f, schijnbare (nl) zonneweg (nl) m
• Esperanto: ekliptiko
• Estonian: ekliptika
• Finnish: ekliptika (fi)
• French: écliptique (fr) m
• Galician: eclíptica (gl) f
• Georgian: ეკლიპტიკა (eḳliṗṭiḳa)
• German: Ekliptik (de) f
• Greek: εκλειπτική (el) f (ekleiptikí)
• Hebrew: מישור המילקה (he) m (mishór hamílke)
• Hindi: क्रांतिवृत्त (hi) (krāntivŕtt), सूर्यपथ (sūryapath)
• Hungarian: ekliptika (hu)
• Icelandic: sólbaugur m
• Ido: ekliptiko (io)
• Indonesian: ekliptika (id)
• Irish: éiclipteach m
• Italian: eclittica (it) f
• Japanese: 黄道 (ja) (こうどう, kōdō)
• Kazakh: эклиптика (ékliptika)
• Korean: 황도(黄道) (hwangdo)
• Latvian: ekliptika f
• Lithuanian: ekliptika f
• Macedonian: еклиптика f (ekliptika)
• Malay: ekliptik
• Malayalam: ക്രാന്തിവൃത്തം (krāntivr̥ttaṁ), ക്രാന്തിപഥം (krāntipathaṁ)
• Marathi: क्रांतिवृत्त (krāntivŕtta)
• Norwegian: ekliptikken
• Persian: دایرةالبروج (dâyertâlboruj)
• Polish: ekliptyka (pl) f
• Portuguese: eclíptica (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਸੂਰਜੀ ਪੰਧ (sūrjī pandh)
• Romanian: ecliptică (ro) f
• Russian: экли́птика (ru) f (eklíptika)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: еклиптика f

  Roman: ekliptika (sh) f

• Slovak: ekliptika f
• Slovene: ekliptika f
• Spanish: eclíptica (es) f
• Swedish: ekliptika (sv) c
• Tagalog: guhitlaw
• Thai: สุริยวิถี (sù-rí-yɔɔ-wí-tíi), รวิมรรค (archaic)
• Turkish: tutulum (tr), ekliptik (tr)
• Ukrainian: еклі́птика f (eklíptyka)
• Vietnamese: hoàng đạo (vi)

Etymology 2

From Middle English ecliptik, from Latin eclīpticus.

Adjective

ecliptic (not comparable)

1. Relating to an eclipse or the ecliptic.

   Synonym: ecliptical

Derived terms

• ecliptic longitude

Translations

relating to an eclipse or the ecliptic — see ecliptical

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French écliptique.

Adjective

ecliptic m or n (feminine singular ecliptică, masculine plural ecliptici, feminine and neuter plural ecliptice)

1. ecliptic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	ecliptic		ecliptică		ecliptici	ecliptice
	definite	eclipticul		ecliptica		eclipticii	eclipticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	ecliptic		ecliptice		ecliptici	ecliptice
	definite	eclipticului		eclipticei		eclipticilor	eclipticelor