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Rareecliptics
The correct spelling is ecliptics.
How to pronounce ecliptics
noun
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The correct spelling is ecliptics. The apparent annual path of the Sun in the sky. More accurately, it is the intersection of the celestial sphere with the plane of the ecliptic, which is the geometric plane cont…
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noun
- 1.The apparent annual path of the Sun in the sky. More accurately, it is the intersection of the celestial sphere with the plane of the ecliptic, which is the geometric plane containing the mean orbit of the Earth around the Sun.
- 2.A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.
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