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Platonic year
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of Platonic year1
First recorded in 1630–40
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Example Sentences
Oh for the revolution of the great Platonic year, that those times might come over again!
From Project Gutenberg
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