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Definition of years to in English English dictionary
years: plural form of year
It will be a shorter book and it will not start four million years ago, he said with a smile at an awards ceremony in the Pennsylvania state Capitol. - Earliest Usenet use via Google Groups: fa.sf-lovers, 05 May 1981 1718-PDT, Jim McGrath.
years: An unusually long time
It took years for the bus to come.
years: plural of year
years: All year references are for the calendar year (CY) unless indicated as fiscal year (FY)
years: Words 1770 - 1792 in Greek and the years surrounding the Birth of the United States of America
years: Calendar Year
years: a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"
years: There are many ways in which a year can be defined, I can think of at least three off the top of my head: Sidereal Year - Time to orbit the sun with respect to the distant stars: 365 3564 MSD's Tropical Year - Time between successive vernal equinoxes: 365 2422 MSD's: shorter than the sidereal year due to precession of the ecliptic Anomalistic Year - Time between successive perihelion passages: 365 2596 MSD's: longer than sidereal year as perturbations by the other planets cause the point of the earth's perihelion to move slowly in the direction of its orbit Z Top [About AFA][ Observing][Newsletter][This Month][Links][Glossary][Quotations][Constitution][Gallery][RoadShows][Notice Board][Meetings][SAG Repor][Membership]
years: Hyperborean years appear to be named after animals and denoted by colours, in cycles, so we come across: The Year of the Green Spider (LE); Year of the Red Worm (LE); Year of the Crimson Spider (SC), Year of the Black Tiger (WAW & LE!) Year of the Golden Rat (DR), Year of the Vermilion Ox (HU), Year of the Red Whale (FL) [C A Smith; L Carter; L J Cornford]
years: {i} long time; advanced or old age; general term for time (past, present and future); specific period of time
years: the time during which someone's life continues; "the monarch's last days"; "in his final years"
years: a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"