Note: The word is sometimes incorrectly written acronical, achronychal, acronichal, and acronical. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
acronychal — /əˈkrɒnɪkəl/ (say uh kronikuhl) adjective occurring at sunset, as the rising or setting of a star. Also, US, acronical. {Greek akronychos at nightfall + al1} …
acronychal — , acronycal a. Astronomy, happening at sunset, especially of star whose rising is at sunset … Dictionary of difficult words
acronychal — … Useful english dictionary
Acronyc — A*cron yc, Acronychal A*cron ych*al, a. [Gr. akro nychos at nightfall; a kros + ny x night.] (Astron.) Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star; opposed to {cosmical}. [1913 Webster] Note: The word is sometimes incorrectly written… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Heliacal rising — The heliacal rising of a star (or other body such as the moon, a planet or a constellation [John Britton s Christopher Walker s chapter Astronomy and Astrology in Mesopotamia in Astronomy before the telescope , 1969, British Museum Press, Pg 48]… … Wikipedia
Babylonian astrology — In Babylonia as well as in Assyria as a direct offshoot of Babylonian culture (or as we might also term it Euphratean culture), astrology takes its place in theofficial cult as one of the two chief means at the disposal of the priests (who were… … Wikipedia
astrology — astrologer, astrologist, n. astrological /a streuh loj i keuhl/, astrologic, astrologous /euh strol euh geuhs/, adj. astrologically, adv. /euh strol euh jee/, n. 1. the study that assumes and attempts to interpret the influence of the heavenly… … Universalium
acronychally — acronˈychally adverb • • • Main Entry: ↑acronychal … Useful english dictionary
acronyctous — (ˌækrəʊˈnɪktəs) [f. Gr. ἀκρόνυκτ ος, an occas. variant of ἀκρόνυχος; see acronych.] = acronychal. (In mod. Dicts.) … Useful english dictionary
