ɪ noun, plural syz·y·gies.
1.
Astronomy. 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.
Classical Prosody. 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.
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| —n , pl -gies | |
| 1. | either of the two positions (conjunction or opposition) of a celestial body when sun, earth, and the body lie in a straight line: the moon is at syzygy when full |
| 2. | (in classical prosody) a metrical unit of two feet |
| 3. | rare any pair, usually of opposites |
| 4. | biology the aggregation in a mass of certain protozoans, esp when occurring before sexual reproduction |
| [C17: from Late Latin syzygia, from Greek suzugia, from suzugos yoked together, from | |
| syzygial | |
| —adj | |
| syzygetic | |
| —adj | |
| syzygal | |
| —adj | |
| syzy'getically | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
syzygy
"conjunction or opposition of a heavenly body with the sun," 1656, from L.L. syzygia, from Gk. syzygia "yoke, pair, union of two, conjunction," from syzygein "to yoke together," from syn- "together" + zygon "yoke" (see jugular).
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Medical Dictionary
syzygy syz·y·gy (sĭz'ə-jē)
n.
The association of gregarine protozoa end-to-end or in lateral pairing without sexual fusion.
The pairing of chromosomes in meiosis.
sy·zyg'i·al (sĭ-zĭj'ē-əl) adj.
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