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Milankovitch cycle

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

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Topics: climatology, natural-sciences

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Named after the Serbian geophysicist Milutin Milanković (1879-1958).

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9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ْدَوْرَاتُ مِيلَانْكُوفِيتْش (dawrātu mīlānkūfītš) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 米蘭科維奇循環 /米兰科维奇循环 — Translations
  • German: Milanković-Zyklen — Translations
  • Japanese: ミランコビッチ・サイクル — Translations
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Milanković-syklusene — Translations
  • Persian: چرخههای میلانکوویچ — Translations
  • Serbo-Croatian: Milankovićevi ciklusi — Translations
  • Swedish: Milanković-cykler — Translations
  • Turkish: Milankoviç döngüsü — Translations