If the periodic time of a circuit round the sun be taken in reference to the equinoxes or tropics, it is called a tropical revolution.
·noun Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being of the nature of a trope; figurative...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun A total or radical change; as, a revolution in one's circumstances or way of living. II. Revo...
See motion. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
If the interval of periodic time of a planet, or comet, be taken in reference to its passages throug...
In relation to a planet or comet, this is the time occupied in completing a circuit round the sun, a...