annus mirabilis
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin annus (“year”) + mirabilis (“miraculous”).
From the title of a poem by John Dryden that commemorates the 'year' June 1665-September 1666, during which occurred several momentous events, beginning with a decisive English victory at the Battle of Lowestoft and ending with the Great Fire of London.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
annus mirabilis (plural anni mirabiles)
- A year that includes a multitude of significant and fateful events, be they disasters or successes.
- „The year 1905 was said to be Albert Einstein’s annus mirabilis – his “miracle year”– in which he published four important papers that set the stage for modern physics. Just over a century later, that phrase comes to my mind when I think of 2015 and New Horizons; it’s been our miracle year. Just consider, in the last 12 months…“[1]
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Translations[edit]
year that includes significant and fateful events
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References[edit]
- ^ Alan Stern (2015 December 30) “The PI's Perspective: Our 'Annus Mirabilis'”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1] (HTML), New Horizons – NASA's Mission to Pluto, archived from the original on 1 January 2016
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
annus mirabilis m (plural anni mirabiles)
- annus mirabilis (year with many fateful events)