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Syzygy Siz Uh Jee Noun Astronomy Configuration Sun Moon Earth

Front syzygy \SIZ-uh-jee\
Back noun
1. Astronomy. The configuration of the sun, the moon, and Earth (or any three celestial bodies) lying in a straight line.
2. Any two related things, either alike or opposite.

[Late Latin syzygia, from Greek suzugia, union, from suzugos, paired : sun-, syn- + zugon, yoke.]

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