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- Late Latin sȳzygia, from Greek suzugiā, union, from suzugos, paired : sun-, su-, syn- + zugon, yoke; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.
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“If those ran dry, I returned to the children's encyclopedia, not just to reread poetry which seemed to be how I had learned to think and speak, but also munching my way through the listings from aardvark to zyzygy.”
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rmchavin In an old, unabridged Webster's dictionary, "zyzygy" is defined as all of the planets having moved to the same general location in the sky. However, it has become close to impossible to find the word, "zyzygy," defined by anybody anymore. "Syzygy" is much easier to find and it is defined as just 3 planets or celestial bodies (such as the sun, moon, and Earth) in a straight line. Sep 19, 2011
BrianC Zyzygy is the term for an astronomical event when 3 planets all line up, as in a spoke sticking out from the Sun. Apr 2, 2009
stpeter Did you mean syzygy? Dec 27, 2006