ECLIPTIC


Meaning of ECLIPTIC in English

I. i-ˈklip-tik adjective

Etymology: Middle English ecliptik, from Late Latin ecliptica linea, literally, line of eclipses

Date: 14th century

: of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse

II. noun

Date: 15th century

: the great circle of the celestial sphere that is the apparent path of the sun among the stars or of the earth as seen from the sun : the plane of the earth's orbit extended to meet the celestial sphere

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.