allineation
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allineation (countable and uncountable, plural allineations)
- 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 edit
- “allineation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.