English Explanatory Dictionary

Maunder minimum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A period similar to the Maunder Minimum observed on a star other than the Sun.
name
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Maunder Minimum.
name
  1. The period between 1645 and 1715 marked by records and other indications of very low levels of sunspot activity of the Sun, corresponding to a period of global cooling.

Word forms

Maunder minimum Maunder minimums Maunder minima the Maunder minimum

Etymology

First noted by Gustav Spörer in publications in 1887 and 1889, work that was relayed to the Royal Astronomical Society in London, and then expanded on, by the solar astronomers Edward Walter Maunder (1851–1928) and (his wife) Annie S. D. Maunder (1868–1947).

Derived words

Maunder minimum
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