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Heliacal rising - Wikipedia
A heliacal rising marks the time when a star or planet becomes visible for the first time again in the night sky after having set with the Sun at the western ...
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HELIACAL Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
: relating to or near the sun; used especially of the last setting of a star before and its first rising after invisibility due to conjunction with the sun.
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heliacal - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Adjective · (rare) Of or relating to the Sun, especially rising and setting with the sun. · Of or relating to the rising of a star when it first becomes visible ...
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heliacal
heliacal, a. (hɪˈlaɪəkəl) [f. as prec. + -al1.] 1. Astron. Said of the rising of a star when it first emerges from the sun's rays and becomes visible before sunrise, or of its setting when it is last visible after sunset before being lost in the sun's rays.1607 A. Brewer Lingua iii. vi, Setting of s...
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HELIACAL Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Heliacal definition: pertaining to or occurring near the sun, especially applied to such risings and settings of a star as are most nearly coincident with ...
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Heliacal - OS ∆ OOS
Heliacal is a lamp inspired by astronomical phenomena. The helical stand, in fact, suggests the rising of a celestial body just before dawn.
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Heliacal rising
The same star will reappear in the eastern sky at dawn approximately one year after its previous heliacal rising. When a planet has a heliacal rising, there is a conjunction with the sun beforehand.
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Heliacal/Dawn Risings - Stanford Solar Center
A heliacal rising is when a star reappears after being behind the sun, blinking before sunrise. Not all stars have this, and it was used to mark events.
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Heliacal - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
adjective pertaining to or near the sun; especially the first rising of a star after and last setting before its invisibility owing to its conjunction with the ...
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Heliacal risings and settings - Universal Workshop
A heliacal rising is when a star is first seen briefly in the dawn before sunrise, and a heliacal setting is when it's last seen after sunset.
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Heliacal - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
Originating from Greek hēliakos, meaning "of the sun," this word pertains to the sun, especially stars visible beyond its glare, rooted in PIE *sawel-.
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heliac
heliac, a. (ˈhiːlɪæk) [ad. late L. hēliac-us, a. Gr. ἡλιακός, f. ἥλιος the sun. Cf. F. héliaque.] 1. Pertaining to the sun, solar.1808 J. Barlow Columb. ii. 431 Quito bow'd; and all the heliac zone Felt the same sceptre, and confirm'd the throne. 2. = heliacal 1.1775 Ash, Heliac, emerging from the l...
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Apaosha
A mythological explanation of the heliacal setting of Sirius is only alluded to in the Avesta: In Yasht 18.5-6, Apaosha is contrasted with the bringers Notes
The heliacal rising of Sirius presently occurs in early August. But 2500 years ago, it occurred about two weeks earlier.
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-acal
-acal compound suffix; consisting of -al1 repr. L. -ālis, -āle ‘of the nature of, belonging to,’ added to -ac (q.v.), which although strictly an adj. ending was so often used substantively, e.g. demoniac, maniac, ammoniac, aphrodisiac, that it became usual to make the adj. in -acal even when no n. o...
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Decan
Later developments
These predictable heliacal re-appearances by the decans were eventually used by the Egyptians to mark the divisions of their annual Thus the heliacal rising of Sirius marked the annual flooding of the Nile.
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