solar day in English

noun
1
the time between successive meridian transits of the sun at a particular place.
It is a planet with an unusual rotation rate, such that the solar day on Mercury lasts two Earth years.
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1. Both the stellar day and the sidereal day are shorter than the mean solar day by about 3 minutes 56 seconds.

2. Due to this motion, on average it takes 24 hours—a solar day—for Earth to complete a full rotation about its axis so that the Sun returns to the meridian.

3. Those proposing Accommodationist views claim that concordist views try to force an agreement between the histories of nature described in scripture and in science — with solar day creationists (young earth) first using Bible interpretation to get a history of nature and then adjusting science to make it fit, while day-age creationists (old