saros (English, noun)
expansion: saros (plural saroses or saroi)
Senses:
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
qualifier: Babylon
glosses: A quantity of 3600, such as a period of 3600 years.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A period of 223 synodic months (approximately 18 years 11 days 8 hours), after which the relative positions of the earth, sun and moon recur, used to predict eclipses.
Forms:
form: saroses
tags: plural
form: saroi
tags: plural
form: Saros
tags: alternative