syzygy

syzygy
syzygial /si zij"ee euhl/, syzygetic /siz'i jet"ik/, syzygal /siz"i geuhl/, adj.
/siz"i jee/, n., pl. syzygies.
1. Astron. an alignment of three celestial objects, as the sun, the earth, and either the moon or a planet: Syzygy in the sun-earth-moon system occurs at the time of full moon and new moon.
2. Class. Pros. a group or combination of two feet, sometimes restricted to a combination of two feet of different kinds.
3. any two related things, either alike or opposite.
[1650-60; < LL syzygia < Gk syzygía union, pair, equiv. to sýzyg(os) yoked together (sy- SY- + zyg-, base of zeugnýnai to YOKE1 + -os adj. suffix) + -ia -Y3]

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