Maunder Minimum

See also: Maunder minimum

English

Alternative forms

• Maunder minimum

Proper noun

the Maunder Minimum

1. (astronomy, climatology) 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.

Hypernyms

• solar minimum

Further reading

• Maunder Minimum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia