Noun, : syzygy in the sun-earth-moon system occurs at the time of full moon and new moon. From Dictionary.com.
And I do not think this set of paired opposites, this syzygy, is unique to me. From Wordnik.com. [notes from the peanut gallery] Reference
Aww, I have liked the word syzygy for years now, and I AM surprised about its frequency in titles. From Wordnik.com. [A Word] Reference
Words are celebrated in vocabularic feats -- Page 117 alone delights a word-lover with "syzygy," "invigilator" and "fusee.". From Wordnik.com. [Tom McCarthy's "C," reviewed by Samantha Hunt] Reference
He told her he had missed the word "syzygy" (in astronomy, an alignment of three celestial objects). From Wordnik.com. [IndyStar.com Top Stories] Reference
Apocalypse-averting dolphins make me feel syzygy all over. From Wordnik.com. [A Word] Reference
Rhythm and “syzygy” are the longest English words without vowels. From Wordnik.com. [21 Amazing Facts About Nintendo] Reference
Between one footfall and the next, a vivid syzygy of ideas lined up in his mind. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
This was the crucial syzygy that began the chain of events that ended my career. From Wordnik.com. [Sexism Among Comic Book Geeks: “The Rape Pages Are In!”] Reference
It was a syzygy, a rare alignment of heavenly bodies, and yes, it totally made my day. From Wordnik.com. [Stars AND Garters!] Reference
But we won't be able to of course, since it won't be a true star, but a syzygy of Jupiter and Saturn. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories]
That was it; that made all of us, like the planets and stars in a syzygy I hoped wouldn't be as impossible to reproduce as it seemed. From Wordnik.com. [At Last: The High School Reunion Story (Part 2)] Reference
I tried to take a picture of the fabulous syzygy of the Moon and Mars tonight, but instead ended up with something that hardly does it justice. From Wordnik.com. [7/31/03 Columbia County, NY (9] Reference
Now and then, however, the planets hit syzygy, everything lines up, and something not even in the realm of consideration on Monday pops up on Tuesday. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-10-01] Reference
And yes, I know that a syzygy is an alignment of heavenly bodies, but if you knew about my body, you would understand wh... no, even I can't pull that joke off. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference
This apogee of porridge, a humble looking syzygy of culinary notions from France, Scotland, New England and England's south coast, has spoiled Rice Krispies for me forever. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Power Breakfasts] Reference
Its lights have been turned on and glow warmly in the night and the star on its peak shines forth much like the one the Magi will see from the east, even though the light from the syzygy has yet to touch our world. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories]
Its motion on an epicycle carried by a concentric deferent agreed fairly well with the observations when the moon was in syzygy, where an eclipse could occur because the moon was either in opposition to the sun or in conjunction with it. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
If pressed, could you spell syzygy or capybara, phylactery or omphaloskepsis or acouchi?. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Thus at new and full moons, the Antarctic tides are strongest on the day of the syzygy, and for a day or two later. From Wordnik.com. [WordPress.com News] Reference
In turn, they calculate their needs for the fiscal year to come using previous budgets, new projects, windage, periods for lunar syzygy and god-knows-what else. From Wordnik.com. [Summit Daily News - Top Stories] Reference
I was going to suggest a combo of what DrGail and syzygy suggested - triage the interviewee, get out laminated form 1, 2, or 3, and type up as you're interviewing. From Wordnik.com. [Ask MetaFilter] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Pioneers of Science] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space] Reference
syzygy: He's got a point, I clicked on this article with high hopes but it ended with an eye roll and an audible "duh". From Wordnik.com. [Cool Down A Scorching Car As Quickly As Possible | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
Cinematic syzygy, perhaps. From Wordnik.com. [Lionel: Pity W, Pity Us More] Reference
One word I love is syzygy. From Wordnik.com. [Various, Including Providential History] Reference
March 28, 2004 zygotes and syzygy. From Wordnik.com. [zygotes and syzygy] Reference
Admire also the syzygy of those orbs. From Wordnik.com. [Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside] Reference
Wildebeeste syzygy. From Wordnik.com. [Cool Down A Scorching Car As Quickly As Possible | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
« zygotes and syzygy |. From Wordnik.com. [suffer little children] Reference
| zygotes and syzygy ». From Wordnik.com. [my advice? take Fountain] Reference
This phenomenon is called the syzygy. From Wordnik.com. [News for WSAV] Reference
United States syzygy. From Wordnik.com. [Kiva Loans] Reference
By syzygy. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
Like celestial bodies exhibiting syzygy). From Wordnik.com. [Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle] Reference
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