syzygy

• Monk's face was blank with astonishment A syzygy," Monk said, "is probably the word for it Johnny seemed surprised that Monk should know what such a word meant. —  113 - The Man Who Fell Up
• I used to love the word syzygy because, in the Oxford Illustrated Dictionary, its definition (in the mathematical sense) went something like: "A group of rational, integral functions, which, when severally multiplied together, the sum of the products vanishes identically." —  BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
• One; since the things which proceed from a pair [syzygy] are complements —  A Source Book for Ancient Church History
• Thus each syzygy (as new and full are technically called) is too early; each quadrature is too late; the maximum hurrying and slackening force being felt at the octants, or intermediate 45° points. —  Pioneers of Science
• She had taken only four days to pass from syzygy to quadrature, and it was consequently evident that she would be visible for little more than a week at a time, and that her lunation would be accomplished within sixteen days. —  Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space

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