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Definition of Saros
1. n. A Chaldean astronomical period or cycle, the length of which has been variously estimated from 3,600 years to 3,600 days, or a little short of 10 years.
Definition of Saros
1. Noun. (history Babylon) A period of 3600 years. ¹
2. Noun. (astronomy) A period of 223 synodic months (approximately 18 years 11 days 8 hours), after which the relative positions of the earth, sun and moon recur, used to predict eclipses. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Saros
1. the eclipse cycle of the sun and moon [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Saros
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Saros
Literary usage of Saros
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1867)
"h mention is made of three periods — the >'•"•». the A'tros, and saros ; and the
... 600 days; and the saros, .V'Vm days, or 9 common years 10 months and ! ..."
2. A Short History of Astronomy by Arthur Berry (1899)
"... established their cycle for this case, nor is it in fact clear that the saros
was supposed to apply to solar as well as to lunar eclipses. The saros may ..."
3. A Short History of Astronomy by Arthur Berry (1899)
"... astronomy was the discovery (made at any rate several centuries BC) of the
recurrence of eclipses after a period, known as the saros^consisting of 6585 ..."
4. Readings in the History of Education: A Collection of Sources and Readings by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1920)
"... Plan for the Gymnasium at saros-Patak (Abridged from the outline given in the
Introduction to ..."
5. Readings in the History of Education: A Collection of Sources and Readings by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1920)
"... Plan for the Gymnasium at saros-Patak (Abridged from the outline given in the
Introduction to ..."
6. Readings in the History of Education: A Collection of Sources and Readings by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1920)
"... plan for the gymnasium at saros-Patak, in Hungary, drawn up by him for the
authorities during his stay there, covering the years 1650-54. ..."
7. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1841)
"true reading, which was afterwards confirmed by manuscripts. To complete the
misfortunes of this period. Suidas has the wurd saros, but it was omitted from ..."
8. The Mathematical Theory of Eclipses According to Chauvenet's Transformation by Roberdeau Buchanan (1904)
"The saros.—This term is derived from the ancient astronomers, ... It is a remarkable
circumstance connected with the saros that the longitude of the moon's ..."
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