“Julian day”

The following 2 entries include the term Julian day.

Julian day calendar

noun

: a system used especially by astronomers of numbering days consecutively from the arbitrarily selected point of the year 4713 b.c. instead of by cycles of days

Julian day number

noun

: the number of a day in the Julian day calendar (as 2,436,934 for January 1, 1960)


Commonly Confused Words Quiz

  • vector image of a face with thought expression
  • I went to the ______ store to buy a birthday card.
Spell It

Hear a word and type it out. How many can you get right?

TAKE THE QUIZ
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.

Pick the best words!

PLAY
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!