heliacal setting

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• heliacal setting — noun Its disappearance in it • • • Main Entry: ↑heliac …   Useful english dictionary

• Heliacal — He*li a*cal, a. [Gr. ? belonging to the sun, fr. ? the sun: cf. F. h[ e]liaque.] (Astron.) Emerging from the light of the sun, or passing into it; rising or setting at the same, or nearly the same, time as the sun. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Heliacal rising — The heliacal rising of a star (or other body such as the moon, a planet or a constellation [John Britton s Christopher Walker s chapter Astronomy and Astrology in Mesopotamia in Astronomy before the telescope , 1969, British Museum Press, Pg 48]… …   Wikipedia

• heliacal — [hi lī′ə kəl] adj. [LL Heliacus, relating to the sun < Gr hēliakos < hēlios, HELIOS + AL] of or near the sun; solar; specif., designating the apparent rising, or setting, of a star or planet just after, or before, conjunction with the sun… …   English World dictionary

• heliacal — adj. Astron. relating to or near the sun. Phrases and idioms: heliacal rising (or setting) the first rising (or setting) of a star after (or before) a period of invisibility due to conjunction with the sun. Etymology: LL heliacus f. Gk heliakos f …   Useful english dictionary

• heliacal — adjective Etymology: Late Latin heliacus, from Greek hēliakos, from hēlios Date: 1545 relating to or near the sun used especially of the last setting of a star before and its first rising after invisibility due to conjunction with the sun •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• heliacal — adjective Of or relating to the sun, especially rising and setting with the sun …   Wiktionary

• heliacal — [hɪ lʌɪək(ə)l] adjective Astronomy denoting the first rising (or last setting) of a star or planet which occurs at the same time as the rising of the sun. Origin C17: via late L. from Gk hēliakos (from hēlios sun ) + al …   English new terms dictionary

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