ecliptic

Etymology
So named because an eclipse can occur only when the Moon lies on this plane.

Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  The great circle on the celestial sphere that is the mean apparent path of the sun as viewed from the earth.
 * 2)  The plane in which this great circle lies.
 * 3)  A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.
 * 1)  A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: sonnebaan
 * Albanian: ekliptikë
 * Arabic: مَسَارُ الشَّمْسِ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: ekliptika
 * Basque: ekliptika
 * Belarusian: экліптыка
 * Bulgarian: еклиптика
 * Catalan: eclíptica
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ekliptika
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: ekliptiko
 * Estonian: ekliptika
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ეკლიპტიკა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, सूर्यपथ
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: sólbaugur
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: éiclipteach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: эклиптика
 * Korean: 황도(黄道)
 * Latvian: ekliptika
 * Lithuanian: ekliptika
 * Macedonian: еклиптика
 * Malay: ekliptik
 * Malayalam: ക്രാന്തിവൃത്തം, ക്രാന്തിപഥം
 * Marathi: क्रांतिवृत्त
 * Norwegian: ekliptikken
 * Persian: دایرةالبروج
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਸੂਰਜੀ ਪੰਧ
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: еклиптика
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: ekliptika
 * Slovene: ekliptika
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: guhitlaw
 * Thai: สุริยวิถี, รวิมรรค
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: еклі́птика
 * Vietnamese:

Adjective

 * 1) Relating to an eclipse or the ecliptic.

Etymology
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