Brückner cycle

noun

Brück·​ner cycle

ˈbru̇knə(r)-,

-rik-,

-rᵫk-

: a climatic cycle marked by the recurrence of warm and dry years and cool and rainy years and averaging about 35 years

Word History

Etymology

after Eduard Brückner †1927 German meteorologist

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