Sothic year
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[edit]Noun
[edit]Sothic year (plural Sothic years)
- (astronomy) The span of time between successive heliacal risings of the star Sirius, equivalent to almost precisely 365¼ days.
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[edit]References
[edit]- "Sothic, adj.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.