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solar minimum

solar minimum noun: the part of the Sun's 11-year cycle during which the number of sunspots and solar flares is at a minimum.

Noun

solar minimum (plural solar minima)

  1. The part of the Sun's 11-year cycle during which the number of sunspots and solar flares is at a minimum.
    Antonyms:
    solar maximum

Antonyms of solar minimum

Forms of solar minimum

pluralsolar minima

Questions about solar minimum

What does solar minimum mean?
Solar minimum means the part of the Sun's 11-year cycle during which the number of sunspots and solar flares is at a minimum.
What part of speech is solar minimum?
Solar minimum is a noun.
What is the plural of solar minimum?
The plural of solar minimum is solar minima.

Words near solar minimum in the dictionary

  1. solar maxima
  2. solar maximum
  3. solar microscope
  4. solar microscopes
  5. solar minima
  6. solar minimum
  7. solar nebula
  8. solar nebulae
  9. solar nebulas
  10. solar noon
  11. solar noons

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