"Milankovitch cycle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Milankovitch cycles [plural]
Etymology: Named after the Serbian geophysicist Milutin Milanković (1879-1958). Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Milankovitch cycle}} Milankovitch cycle (plural Milankovitch cycles)
  1. (climatology) Any of the three cyclic variations in the Earth's orbit around the Sun, respectively the obliquity of its axis, the precession of the equinoxes, and the eccentricity of its orbit. Wikipedia link: Milankovitch cycle, Milutin Milanković Categories (topical): Climatology Translations (Translations): Milanković-Zyklen [plural] (German)

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