noun

• A period of about 18 years between repetitions of solar and lunar eclipses.

  ‘Total solar eclipse tracks perform consistent geographical steps within a saros, as in Figure 2.2, and there are systematic trends in other eclipse sequences.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘This period is known as the saros, a Greek word meaning ‘repetition’ that is itself derived from the Babylonian sharu.’
  • ‘Referring to Figure 15-7 one sees how this eclipse echoes that of February 26, 1998, which was a saros earlier.’
  • ‘Thus these three eclipses crossing the United States were all part of the same saros cycle, a sequence that began in 1535 and will continue until the 75th eclipse in the year 2888.’
  • ‘He observed the Moon through one complete 18-year saros.’