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Noun: great year  greyt yir [N. Amer], greyt yi-u(r) [Brit]
  1. Time required for one complete cycle of the precession of the equinoxes, about 25,800 years
    - Platonic year

Derived forms: great years

Type of: period, period of time, time period

Encyclopedia: Great year