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Line of syzygies
Syzygy Syz"y*gy (s[i^]z"[i^]*j[y^]), n.; pl. Syzygies (-j[i^]z). [L. syzygia a joining together, conjunction, Gr. syzygi`a; sy`n with + zeygny`nai to join, zygo`n yoke: cf. F. syzygie. See Yoke, n.] 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. (Zo["o]l.) (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.

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- astronomy, a syzygy (/ˈsɪzədʒi/ SIZ-ə-jee; from Ancient Gr**** συζυγία (suzugía) 'union, yoke') is a roughly straight-line configuration of three or more...
- "Syzygy" is the thirteenth episode of the third season of the science fiction television series The X-Files. The episode first aired in the United States...
- Sun, Earth, and the body are configured in an approximately straight line, or syzygy; that is, Earth and the body are in the same direction as seen from...
- between two successive syzygies of the same type: new moons or full moons. The precise definition varies, especially for the beginning of the month. In Shona...
- resolutions of R, considered as a graded module over the polynomial ring. This yields information about syzygies, namely relations between generators of the ideal...
- slightly larger-than-usual apparent size of the lunar disk as viewed from Earth. The technical name is a perigee syzygy (of the Earth–Moon–Sun system) or a full...
- syzygies, = Zoê (Life) and Ekklesia (the Church or ****embly), Seven in all. The Triangle the Potentiality of Spirit, the Square the Potentiality of Matter;...
- Eclipses only occur when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are all in a straight line (termed "syzygy"). Solar eclipses occur at new moon, when the Moon is between the...
- straightly enough (in syzygy) for an eclipse to occur. Eclipse seasons should occur 38 times within a saros period (6,585.3 days). The type of each solar eclipse...
- were studied extensively by A. A. Troitsky, who discovered the Troitsky line, a line on or behind which the defending side's pawn must be securely blockaded...