Ecliptic

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Noun

Singular Ecliptic

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1. (astronomy): The geometric plane that contains the sun and the orbit of the Earth. Thus, the apparent path of the sun in the sky. So named because an eclipse can occur only when the Moon lies on this plane.

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Earth's orbital plane

Armenian: խավարածիր hy(hy) (xavaraçir) Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: 黄道 Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: ekliptiko eo(eo) Finnish: ekliptika fi(fi) French: please add this translation if you can

German: Ekliptik de(de) f. Ido: ekliptiko io(io) Polish: ekliptyka f. Russian: эклиптика ru(ru) (eklíptika) f. Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: ekliptika sv(sv) c. Turkish: tutulum tr(tr), ekliptik tr(tr) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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