solar day

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Noun

solar day (plural solar days)

1. (astronomy) One day of solar time; the time in which a planet such as Earth apparently rotates once around its axis relative to the Sun; the time taken for the Sun to seem to be in the same place in the sky twice (on Earth about 24 hours as an average - the length of solar day is not constant throughout the year)

Derived terms

• mean solar day

Related terms

• solar time

Translations

time for a planet to rotate once relative to the sun

• Bengali: আফতাবী রোজ (aftabī roz)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 太陽日 / 太阳日 (zh) (tàiyángrì)

• Dutch: zonnedag (nl) m
• Finnish: aurinkovuorokausi
• French: jour solaire (fr) m
• Galician: día solar m
• German: Sonnentag (de) m, Solartag m
• Japanese: 太陽日 (たいようじつ, taiyōjitsu)
• Russian: со́лнечные су́тки f pl (sólnečnyje sútki)
• Spanish: día solar m
• Swedish: soldygn (sv) n

See also

• sidereal day
• stellar day