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SYZYGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does syzygy mean?
• SYZYGY (noun)
The noun SYZYGY has 1 sense:
1. the straight line configuration of 3 celestial bodies (as the sun and earth and moon) in a gravitational system
Familiarity information: SYZYGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The straight line configuration of 3 celestial bodies (as the sun and earth and moon) in a gravitational system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("syzygy" is a kind of...):
physical phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy)
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