έτος — meaning in English

English meaning

• volume noun How loud a sound is, or the control that adjusts it.
• year noun The time it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun once, about 365 days.

Senses

έτος is used for these senses in English:

• volume The issues of a periodical over a period of one year.
• year (by extension) An orbital period: the period of one revolution in any particular orbit: The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution around the star.

volume — full definition

1. noun How loud a sound is, or the control that adjusts it.
2. noun The amount of three-dimensional space something occupies, measured in cubic units.
3. noun The total amount of something, such as trade, traffic, or sales, over a period.
4. noun A single book, especially one of several forming a set.

year — full definition

1. noun The time it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun once, about 365 days.
2. noun A twelve-month period as marked on a calendar, from January to December.
3. noun A specific grade or level in school.

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