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Milankovitch cycles

Milankovitch cycles is the plural of Milankovitch cycle.

Meaning of Milankovitch cycle

Noun

Milankovitch cycle (plural Milankovitch cycles)

  1. Any of the three cyclic variations in the Earth's orbit around the Sun, respectively the obliquity of its axis, the precession of the equinoxes, and the eccentricity of its orbit.
    • The Milankovitch cycles alone are not enough to explain cycles of ice ages.2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, published 2003, page 378

Questions about Milankovitch cycles

What is Milankovitch cycles the plural of?
Milankovitch cycles is the plural of Milankovitch cycle.

Words near Milankovitch cycles in the dictionary

  1. Milanji cedar
  2. Milanji cedars
  3. Milanji cypress
  4. Milanji cypresses
  5. Milankovitch cycle
  6. Milankovitch cycles
  7. Milano
  8. Milanowski
  9. Milanowskis
  10. Milaor
  11. Milaras

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