单词 | maunder minimum |
释义 | Maunder minimumn. Astronomy. A period of extremely low solar activity and a near absence of sunspots; spec. (historical) the one which occurred between about 1645 and 1715, and coincided with the Little Ice Age in the northern hemisphere. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > sun > solar activity > [noun] > mark on sun > sunspot > specific period of low activity Maunder minimum1975 1975 Nature 27 Feb. 686/1 A period of almost complete absence of sunspots which occurred from about 1645 to 1715. This ‘Maunder minimum’ was discovered in the early years of the century. 1980 Nature 31 Jan. 427/2 Nineteen different fang chih contribute 21 previously unknown naked-eye sunspot records from the seventeenth century, of which six fall into the period claimed by Eddy as the time of the Maunder Minimum. 1992 Astronomy May 44/1 Pushing the study of spot activity back even further..suggests that the Sun spends about one-third of its time in such Maunder minima. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1975 |
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