saros
[sair-os]
- the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
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Origin of saros
1605–15; < Greek sáros ≪ Akkadian shār
Saros
[sahr-ohs, -aws]
- Gulf of, an inlet of the Aegean, N of the Gallipoli Peninsula. 37 miles (60 km) long; 22 miles (35 km) wide.
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Historical Examples of saros
This cycle was known to the ancients under the name of Saros.
The Sailor's Word-BookWilliam Henry Smyth
This eclipse is a return, after one saros, of the eclipse of August 9, 1896.
Astronomy of To-dayCecil G. Dolmage
Komenský's activity as a teacher while at Saros Patak was indefatigable.
A History of Bohemian LiteratureCount Ltzow
Two ridges, like sprawling arms, ran down to the sea—one towards the Narrows, the other to the Gulf of Saros.
New Zealanders at GallipoliMajor Fred Waite
He is against its being so far north as the Gulf of Saros and the narrow neck of land there.
The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"George Davidson
saros
- a cycle of about 18 years 11 days (6585.32 days) in which eclipses of the sun and moon occur in the same sequence and at the same intervals as in the previous such cycle
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Word Origin for saros
C19: from Greek, from Babylonian šāru 3600 (years); modern astronomical use apparently based on mistaken interpretation of šāru as a period of 18 1/2 years
Saros
- Gulf of Saros an inlet of the Aegean in NW Turkey, north of the Gallipoli Peninsula. Length: 59 km (37 miles). Width: 35 km (22 miles)
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