Maunder minimum
Maunder minimum noun: a period similar to the Maunder Minimum observed on a star other than the Sun. Also the alternative letter-case form of Maunder Minimum.
Noun
Maunder minimum (plural Maunder minimums or Maunder minima)
Proper noun capitalized: Maunder Minimum
the Maunder Minimum
- The period between 1645 and 1715 marked by records and other indications of very low levels of sunspot activity of the Sun, corresponding to a period of global cooling.
Also used as
Maunder minimum is also the alternative letter-case form of Maunder Minimum.
Forms of Maunder minimum
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Maunder minimums |
| plural | Maunder minima |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Maunder minimum |
Origin of Maunder minimum
First noted by Gustav Spörer in publications in 1887 and 1889, work that was relayed to the Royal Astronomical Society in London, and then expanded on, by the solar astronomers Edward Walter Maunder (1851–1928) and (his wife) Annie S. D. Maunder (1868–1947).
Questions about Maunder minimum
- What does Maunder minimum mean?
- Maunder minimum means a period similar to the Maunder Minimum observed on a star other than the Sun.
- What part of speech is Maunder minimum?
- Maunder minimum can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of Maunder minimum?
- The plural of Maunder minimum is Maunder minimums.
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