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- noun Plural form of
dimming .
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Examples
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So i'm just against old established people, whose take much care about somethings that not really reall. exmp. global warming vs. global dimmings.
Humans as Creators Not Destroyers - The Austrian Economists 2008
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That produces transient dimmings of vision like what I had.
Dark Mirror Diane Duane 1993
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Typically, in these "transit" measurements, the dimmings merely suggest planets; their presence is confirmed by ground-based telescopes that look for the "wobble" - a method known as radial velocity measurements.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Other phenomena such as star spots can also cause a star's brightness to dim, so it is important to observe multiple dimmings to determine if they are always the same.
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Other phenomena such as star spots can also cause a star's brightness to dim, so it is important to observe multiple dimmings to determine if they are always the same.
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