paranatellon Astrol.
(pərænəˈtɛlɒn)
[f. Gr. παρα- beside + ἀνατέλλων rising.]
A star that rises at the same time as another star or stars.
| 1811 Sir. W. Drummond Œdipus Judaicus xxvii, Now the extra-zodiacal stars,..which rise above the horizon, or sink below it, during the time that decan takes to rise or set, are what I call its paranatellions. 1882 M. Lockwood tr. Lenormant's Beginn. Hist. 568 note, The twelve stars..are astronomically the paranatellons of the signs [of the Zodiac]. |