Front | syzygy \SIZ-uh-jee\ |
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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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