allineation

English

Alternative forms

• alineation

Noun

allineation (countable and uncountable, plural allineations)

1. alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun

   the allineation of the two planets

   • 1847, Sir John Frederick William Herschel, Results of Astronomical Observations […] :

     The allineation of Bradley and Pound of the two stars

References

• “allineation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.