syzygy

Definitions


[ˈsɪzɪdʒi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a conjunction or opposition, especially of the moon with the sun
(e.g: the planets were aligned in syzygy)

- a pair of connected or corresponding things


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century: via late Latin from Greek suzugia, from suzugos ‘yoked, paired’, from sun- ‘with, together’ + the stem of zeugnunai ‘to yoke’




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