Look up: Heliacal

1. heliacal
   [adj] - pertaining to or near the sun
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2. Heliacal
   He·li'a·cal adjective [ Greek ... belonging to the sun, from ... the sun: confer French héliaque .] (Astron.) Emerging from the light of the sun, or passing into it; rising or setting at the same, or nearly the same, time as the sun. S...
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3. heliacal
   <astronomy> Emerging from the light of the sun, or passing into it; rising or setting at the same, or nearly the same, time as the sun. ... The heliacal rising of a star is when, after being in conjunction with the sun, and invisible, it emerges from the light so as to be visible in the mornin...
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4. heliacal
   heliac 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 sun; `the heliacal rising of the Dog S...
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5. Heliacal
   • (a.) Emerging from the light of the sun, or passing into it; rising or setting at the same, or nearly the same, time as the sun.
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6. Heliacal
   In astronomy, heliacal is the rising or setting at the same time, or nearly the same time, as the sun. The heliacal rising of a star is when, after being in conjunction with the sun and invisible, it emerges from the light so as to be visible in the morning before sunrising. On the contrary, the hel...
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