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GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. See Platonic year, under Platonic.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. time required for one complete cycle of the precession of the equinoxes, about 25,800 years

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  • “The same Manilius states also, that the revolution of the great year is completed with the life of this bird, and that then a new cycle comes round again with the same characteristics as the former one, in the seasons and the appearance of the stars ....”

    Bygone Beliefs

  • “That Christmas our cousin Susue Robinson suggested to all our relatives that this might be a great year to give us something that plugged into the wall.”

    Simon & Schuster: Barbara Bush

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