ecliptic是什么意思？

ecliptic

英[ɪ'klɪptɪk] 美[ɪ'klɪptɪk]

• n. 黄道；
• adj. 黄道的，日（或月）食的，蚀的；

例句

• Five bright planets move among the stars near the ecliptic. 五颗明亮的行星在黄道附近的恒星当中移动.
• First, we know that the planets all orbit close to the earth's orbital plane, the ecliptic. 首先, 我们知道所有行星的轨道都很靠近地球的轨道平面――黄道面.
• The obliquity of the ecliptic is the fundamental cause of the seasons. 黄道的倾角是季节的基本成因.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator;
  "all of the planets rotate the sun in approximately the same ecliptic"

行业词典

• 天文学： 黄道；过天球中心与地球公转的平均轨道面平行的平面与天球相交的大圆。；
  航海科技： 黄道；