synodic

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  1. adjective Of or relating to a synod; synodal.
  2. adjective Relating to the conjunction of celestial bodies, especially the interval between two successive conjunctions of a planet or the moon with the sun.

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  • Full moons occur on average each 29.53 days (the length of the synodic month), or 12.3683 times per year; so months containing two full moons occur on average every 2.72 years, or every 2 years plus 8 or 9 months. —  Bisaya Bloggers
  • But Jared lived 962 years, which corresponds to the sum of the synodic period of Venus (584 days) and Saturn (378 days). —  Kata Iwannhn
  • Or maybe I just need to think about the matter more and let it sink in … I certainly don't think that we should give serious treatment to such observations as "Jared lived 962 years, which corresponds to the sum of the synodic period of Venus (584 days) and Saturn (378 days)." —  Kata Iwannhn
  • Barnouin's suggestion regarding the synodic years of various planets may not be correct. —  Kata Iwannhn
  • For one thing, while it may be the case that some of the men in Genesis 5 and 11 lived lives which correspond in length to the sums of the synodic periods of some planets, I haven't yet seen an argument that all of those men did. —  Kata Iwannhn
 

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  1. from Latin synodicus, from Greek συνοδικός, from σύνοδος, a synod: see synod.
 

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