ALL meanings of syzygy
syz·y·gy
S s - noun plural syzygy 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. 1
- noun plural syzygy Classical Prosody. a group or combination of two feet, sometimes restricted to a combination of two feet of different kinds. 1
- noun plural syzygy any two related things, either alike or opposite. 1
- noun syzygy either of the two positions (conjunction or opposition) of a celestial body when sun, earth, and the body lie in a straight line 0
- noun syzygy (in classical prosody) a metrical unit of two feet 0
- noun syzygy any pair, usually of opposites 0
- noun syzygy the aggregation in a mass of certain protozoans, esp when occurring before sexual reproduction 0
- noun syzygy a pair of things, esp. a pair of opposites 0
- noun syzygy either of two opposing points in the orbit of a celestial body, specif. of the moon, at which it is in conjunction with or in opposition to the sun 0
- noun syzygy a measure of two feet, as a dipody 0