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Sa·ros    Audio Help   [sahr-ohs, -aws] Pronunciation Key
–noun
Gulf of, an inlet of the Aegean, N of the Gallipoli Peninsula. 37 mi. (60 km) long; 22 mi. (35 km) wide.
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sa·ros    Audio Help   [sair-os] Pronunciation Key
–noun Astronomy.
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
[Origin: 1605–15; < Gk sáros ≪ Akkadian shār]

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sa·ron·ic    Audio Help   [suh-ron-ik] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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saros: see eclipse. 
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