Syzygy

[sizidʒi]

Definition

(noun.) the straight line configuration of 3 celestial bodies (as the sun and earth and moon) in a gravitational system.

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Definition

(n.) The point of an orbit, as of the moon or a planet, at which it is in conjunction or opposition; -- commonly used in the plural.

(n.) The coupling together of different feet; as, in Greek verse, an iambic syzygy.

(n.) Any one of the segments of an arm of a crinoid composed of two joints so closely united that the line of union is obliterated on the outer, though visible on the inner, side.

(n.) The immovable union of two joints of a crinoidal arm. T () the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant. With the letter h it forms the digraph th, which has two distinct sounds, as in thin, then. See Guide to Pronunciation, //262-264, and also //153, 156, 169, 172, 176, 178-180.

Checker: Tanya

Definition

n. the relative position of a planet (esp. the moon) when either in conjunction or in opposition with the sun: the period of new or full moon:—pl. Syz′ygies.—n. Syz′ygant (-gant) a rational integral function of the invariants of a quantic that vanishes when expressed as a function of the coefficients.—adj. Syzyget′ic pertaining to a linear relation.—adv. Syzyget′ically.—adj. Syzyg′ial pertaining to a syzygy.

Typist: Wanda