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HELIACAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heliacal mean?
• HELIACAL (adjective)
The adjective HELIACAL has 1 sense:
1. pertaining to or near the sun; especially the first rising of a star after and last setting before its invisibility owing to its conjunction with the sun
Familiarity information: HELIACAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pertaining to or near the sun; especially the first rising of a star after and last setting before its invisibility owing to its conjunction with the sun
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
heliac; heliacal
Context example:
the heliacal or Sothic year is determined by the heliacal rising of Sothis (the Egyptian name for the Dog Star)
Pertainym:
Sun (the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system)
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