allineation

English

Alternative forms

alineation

Noun

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

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

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