Year

Year

A year (from Old English gēar) is the orbital period of the Earth moving around the Sun. For an observer on the Earth, this corresponds to the period it takes the Sun to complete one course throughout the zodiac along the ecliptic.

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Famous quotes containing the word year:

    “By the year 2020, the year of perfect vision, the old will outnumber the young.”
    —Maggie Kuhn (b. 1905)

    “each year we see
    Breeds new beginnings, disappointments new;”
    —Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)

    “And year by year the landscape grow
    Familiar to the stranger’s child;”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)