Definitions for ecliptic

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ecliptic e·clip·tic

Spelling: [ih-klip-tik]

IPA: /ɪˈklɪp tɪk/

Ecliptic is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 128 anagrams from letters in ecliptic (cceiilpt).

Definitions for ecliptic

noun

1. Astronomy. the great circle formed by the intersection of the plane of the earth's orbit with the celestial sphere; the apparent annual path of the sun in the heavens. an analogous great circle on a terrestrial globe.
2. Astrology. the great circle of the ecliptic, along which are located the 12 houses and signs of the zodiac.

adjective

1. pertaining to an eclipse.
2. pertaining to the ecliptic.

Origin of ecliptic

1350-1400; Middle English Medieval Latin eclīptica, feminine of eclīpticus Greek ekleiptikós, equivalent to ekleíp(ein) (see eclipse) + -tikos

Examples for ecliptic

There is no distinction between the equator and the ecliptic.

That part of the ecliptic whence the sun descends southward.

The centre of the circle in the constellation of Draco is the pole of the ecliptic.

We shall, for simplicity, refer only to a star at the pole of the ecliptic.

This path is known as the ecliptic, because eclipses only happen when the moon is in it.

The angle which the path of a comet or planet makes with the plane of the ecliptic.

Those points in the orbit of a planet or comet where it intersects the ecliptic.

The two points where the tropics meet the ecliptic, in longitude 90° and 270°.

This region lies in the constellation Draco, at the pole of the ecliptic.

It is divided into twelve signs, each measuring 30° along the ecliptic.