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Encyclopedia: Year

A year (from Old English gēr) is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. By extension, this can be applied to any planet: for example, a "Martian year" is the time in which Mars completes its own orbit.

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How to say "Year" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	年
	(Japanese)	年
	(German)	Jahr
	(Spanish)	Año
	(French)	Année calendaire
	(Italian)	Anno

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1 E8 s

To help compare orders of magnitude of different times this page lists times between 3.2 years and 32 years (10 8 seconds and 10 9 seconds). See also times of other orders of magnitude. Shorter times 3.3 years -- half life of rhodium-101 5.2714 years -- half life of cobalt-60 10 years -- one...

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AFI's 100 Years...

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Julian year

A Julian year is exactly 365.25 days. It is the length of a year in the Julian calendar. Astronomers still use the Julian year as a fundamental unit for ephemeris work, since it provides a quick and simple conversion to Julian dates. Note a Julian year is not the same as a Gregorian calendar year...

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1 E9 s

and 10 10 seconds (32 years and 320 years). See also times of other orders of magnitude Shorter times 63 years -- half-life of titanium-44 68.9 years -- half-life of uranium-232 75 years -- average human life span in the first world 84 years, 3 days, 15.66 hours -- one orbit of Uranus 100 years...

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1 E11 s

and 10 12 seconds (3200 years and 32 000 years) See also times of other orders of magnitude. Shorter times 3,760 years -- time since alphabetic writing emerged 3,800 years -- time since Bronze Age ended and Iron Age began 4,500 years -- time since horse domesticated in China 5,300 years -- time...

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529 (disambiguation)

529 can refer to: The year 529 529 plan...

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Decade

A decade is a period of ten years...

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EY

EY stands for: Election year Ernst and Young...

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Hekatombaion

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Presidency of the Council of the European Union

Council, which meets at European summits at about four times per year. The task as President of the... a pre-established rota unless the Council makes a new decision. 1958 First half-year Belgium Victor Larock Second half-year Germany Siegfried Balke 1959 First half-year France Maurice Couve de...

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