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saros
1[ sair-os ]
noun
- 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.
Saros
2[ sahr-ohs, -aws ]
noun
- Gulf of, an inlet of the Aegean, N of the Gallipoli Peninsula. 37 miles (60 km) long; 22 miles (35 km) wide.
Saros
1/ ˈsɑːrɒs /
noun
- Gulf of Sarosan inlet of the Aegean in NW Turkey, north of the Gallipoli Peninsula. Length: 59 km (37 miles). Width: 35 km (22 miles)
saros
2/ ˈseɪrɒs; səˈrɒnɪk /
noun
- 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
Derived Forms
- saronic, adjective
Other Words From
- sa·ron·ic [s, uh, -, ron, -ik], adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of saros1
Word History and Origins
Origin of saros1
Example Sentences
Even then, the Canucks had to kill a penalty in the final 33.9 seconds as Nashville pulled goalie Juuse Saros for an extra attacker.
Lindolm beat goalie Juuse Saros over his stick with a wrister from just in front of the crease off a pass from Conor Garland.
The Nashville Predators, for instance, weren’t looking so hot halfway through and there was talk they’d trade star goalie Juuse Saros by the March 7 deadline.
All the talk back then was whether the Preds would unload star goalie Juuse Saros at the trade deadline.
Today, Saros headlines a team holding the conference’s top wild-card spot and looming as dangerous in the playoffs if their strong goaltending continues.
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