First Known Use: circa 1847
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syzygy
noun syz·y·gy \ˈsi-zə-jē\
plural syz·y·gies
Definition of SYZYGY
: the nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies (as the sun, moon, and earth during a solar or lunar eclipse) in a gravitational system
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Origin of SYZYGY
Late Latin syzygia conjunction, from Greek, from syzygos yoked together, from syn- + zygon yoke — more at yoke
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