Usually means: Plane of Earth's orbit, Sun.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. ecliptic: Merriam-Webster
  2. ecliptic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ecliptic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ecliptic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ecliptic: Vocabulary.com
  6. Ecliptic, ecliptic: Wordnik
  7. ecliptic: Wiktionary
  8. ecliptic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. ecliptic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. ecliptic: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. ecliptic: Dictionary.com
  12. Ecliptic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Ecliptic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. ecliptic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. ecliptic: Rhymezone
  16. Ecliptic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. ecliptic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. ecliptic: FreeDictionary.org
  19. ecliptic: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. ecliptic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. ecliptic: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. Ecliptic: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. ecliptic: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ecliptic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. ECLIPTIC: Masonic Dictionary

Science (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. From Stargazers to Starships Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Ecliptic: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
  3. Imagine the Universe! Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Ecliptic: Extragalactic Astronomy
  5. Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality (No longer online)
  6. Weather Glossary (No longer online)
  7. ECLIPTIC: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Ecliptic-, Ecliptic: Urban Dictionary

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. High-Energy Astrophysics (No longer online)
  2. Basics of Space Flight Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  4. JPL Terms (No longer online)
  5. SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ecliptic)

noun:  (astronomy) The great circle on the celestial sphere that is the mean apparent path of the sun as viewed from the earth.
noun:  (astronomy) The plane in which this great circle lies.
noun:  (geometry) A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.
adjective:  Relating to an eclipse or the ecliptic.

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