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Webster 1913 Edition
Syzygy
Syz′y-gy
(sĭz′ĭ-jy̆)
, Noun.
pl.
Syzygies
(-jĭz)
. [L. ]
syzygia
a joining together, conjunction, Gr. συζυγία
; σύν
with + ζευγνύναι
to join, ζυγόν
yoke: cf. F. syzygie
. See Yoke
, Noun.
1.
(Astron.)
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.
2.
(Gr. & L. Pros.)
The coupling together of different feet;
as, in Greek verse, an iambic
. syzygy
3.
(Zool.)
(a)
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.
(b)
The immovable union of two joints of a crinoidal arm.
Line of syzygies
(Astron.)
, the straight line connecting the earth, the sun, and the moon or a planet, when the latter is in conjunction or opposition; – used chiefly of the moon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Syzygy
SYZ'YGY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
syzygy
syzygy
English
Noun
syzygy (plural syzygies)
- (astronomy, astrology) A kind of unity, namely an alignment of three celestial bodies (for example, the Sun, Earth, and Moon) such that one body is directly between the other two, such as occurs at an eclipse.
- (psychology) An archetypal pairing of contrasexual opposites, symbolizing the communication of the conscious and unconscious minds.
- (mathematics) A relation between generators of a module.
- (medicine) The fusion of some or all of the organs.
- (zoology) The association of two protozoa end-to-end or laterally for the purpose of asexual exchange of genetic material.
- (genetics) The pairing of chromosomes in meiosis.
Translations
astronomical conjunction
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