annum
See also: annûm
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Etymology edit
From Latin per annum (“yearly”), from annus (“year”).
Noun edit
annum (plural annums)
- Synonym of year, particularly
- (uncommon) A one-year period, particularly (finance) a fiscal year or (sciences) a Julian year of exactly 365.25 days.
- Coordinate terms: biennium, triennium, quadrennium, quinquennium, sexennium, septennium, octennium, novennium, decennium, vicennium, tricennium, centennium, quincentennium, millennium, decamillennium, centimillennium, millionennium
- (uncommon, science fiction) A "year" determined by the revolution of an extraterrestrial planet.
- (uncommon) A one-year period, particularly (finance) a fiscal year or (sciences) a Julian year of exactly 365.25 days.
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Most frequently used in the set phrase per annum or compounds used in scientific dating.
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