syzygy

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the straight line configuration of 3 celestial bodies (as the sun and earth and moon) in a gravitational system

Etymology

From Late Latin sȳzygia (“a conjunction”), from Ancient Greek συζυγία (suzugía, “a union, a yoke, a pair”). This word was recognized as English in 1847 (in its astronomical meaning).

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