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Platonic year
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noun Astronomy.
a period of about 26,000 years, equal to the time required for a complete revolution of the equinoxes.
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Also called great year.
Compare precession of the equinoxes.
Origin of Platonic year
First recorded in 1630–40
Words nearby Platonic year
Platonic, Platonically, Platonic love, Platonic or platonic, Platonic solid, Platonic year, Platonism, Platonize, platoon, platoon sergeant, Plattdeutsch
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