[syz.y.gy] n, pl -gies [LL syzygia conjunction, fr. Gk, fr. syzygos yoked together, fr. syn- + zygon yoke--more at yoke] (ca. 1847): the nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies (as the sun, moon, and earth during a solar or lunar eclipse) in a gravitational system
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Meaning of SYZYGY in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012