Sothic year

English

Noun

Sothic year (plural Sothic years)

1. (astronomy) The span of time between successive heliacal risings of the star Sirius, equivalent to almost precisely 365¼ days.

Related terms

• Sothic cycle, Sothic period

References

• "Sothic, adj.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.