solar cycle
Americannoun
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The magnetic fields at the poles are vital to the Sun's global dynamo process and may act as "seed fields" that shape the next solar cycle, defining the overall solar magnetic structure.
From Science Daily • Oct. 14, 2025
I’ve been in Minnesota for almost one complete solar cycle.
From Slate • Oct. 16, 2024
It’s the biggest flare of this 11-year solar cycle, which is approaching its peak, according to NOAA.
From Seattle Times • May 14, 2024
This is because in the Sun's 11 year solar cycle, we are approaching the 'solar maximum', where there are naturally more sunspots on the Sun's surface.
From BBC • May 11, 2024
To the deities of the solar cycle belonged the great gods of Thebes and Heliopolis.
From Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable by Bulfinch, Thomas
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