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• Saros cycle — The Saros cycle is an eclipse cycle with a period of about 18 years 11 days 8 hours (approximately 6585⅓ days) that can be used to predict eclipses of the Sun and Moon. One Saros after an eclipse, the Sun, Earth, and Moon return to approximately… …   Wikipedia

• Saros cycle — /ˈseɪrɒs saɪkəl/ (say sayros suykuhl) noun the interval between two similar solar eclipses, equal to 18 years and 10–12 days. Also, saros cycle. {name given by English astronomer and mathematician Edmund Halley, 1656–1742, in 1691, erroneously… …  

• Saros — or Sáros may refer to: *Saros cycle, a method for predicting solar eclipses *SS Saros, a shipwreck off the southeast coast of Australia *Saros (band), an American band *Gulf of Saros, an inlet of the Aegean Sea *Sáros county, a former division of …   Wikipedia

• Saros (astronomy) — The saros i/ˈsɛərɒ …   Wikipedia

• saros — [ saros; sarɔs ] n. m. • 1746; mot du lat. sc., d o. assyro babylonienne ♦ Didact. Période de 6 585 jours (18 ans et 10 ou 11 jours), déjà connue des Chaldéens, permettant de prédire le retour des éclipses. Pendant un saros, on compte en moyenne… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Saros — Cycle Cy cle (s? k l), n. [F. ycle, LL. cyclus, fr. Gr. ky klos ring or circle, cycle; akin to Skr. cakra wheel, circle. See {Wheel}.] 1. An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. An… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cycle — Cy cle (s? k l), n. [F. ycle, LL. cyclus, fr. Gr. ky klos ring or circle, cycle; akin to Skr. cakra wheel, circle. See {Wheel}.] 1. An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. An interval… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cycle of eclipses — Cycle Cy cle (s? k l), n. [F. ycle, LL. cyclus, fr. Gr. ky klos ring or circle, cycle; akin to Skr. cakra wheel, circle. See {Wheel}.] 1. An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. An… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cycle of indiction — Cycle Cy cle (s? k l), n. [F. ycle, LL. cyclus, fr. Gr. ky klos ring or circle, cycle; akin to Skr. cakra wheel, circle. See {Wheel}.] 1. An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. An… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cycle of the moon — Cycle Cy cle (s? k l), n. [F. ycle, LL. cyclus, fr. Gr. ky klos ring or circle, cycle; akin to Skr. cakra wheel, circle. See {Wheel}.] 1. An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. An… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cycle of the sun — Cycle Cy cle (s? k l), n. [F. ycle, LL. cyclus, fr. Gr. ky klos ring or circle, cycle; akin to Skr. cakra wheel, circle. See {Wheel}.] 1. An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. An… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English