"cycle" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Reiche theorized that the builders of the lines used them as a sun calendar and an observatory for astronomical cycles.
- The great Egyptian river has followed clear rhythmic variations that approximate certain astronomical cycles.
- The main astronomical cycles used to construct the calendar were the synodic month, equinox year, and sideral day.
- Generating Economic Cycles traces the rainfall cycle back to an astronomical cycle.
- The cause of glaciation may be related to several simultaneously occurring factors, such as astronomical cycles, atmospheric composition, plate tectonics, and ocean currents.
- A problem with the theory is that the astronomical cycles have been in existence for billions of years, but glaciation is a rare occurrence.
- The original purpose of such a calendar, with no obvious relation to any astronomical or geophysical cycle, is not securely known, but there are several theories.
- A drop in heat received from the sun below some critical threshold, caused by those astronomical cycles, triggers a switch from warm to coldish.
- But when the sun's heat finally builds up again to another threshold value, thanks once more to the three astronomical cycles, then the climate switches back to warm.
- To reconcile the calendar year with an astronomical cycle (which could not possibly be reckoned in a whole number of days), certain years contain extra days.
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