great year

/greɪt jɪər/
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Other forms: great years

Definitions of great year
  1. noun
    time required for one complete cycle of the precession of the equinoxes, about 25,800 years
    synonyms: Platonic year
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    type of:
    period, period of time, time period
    an amount of time
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