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Meaning of 'heliacal' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.

Meaning of 'heliacal' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . heliacal [ a]
Meaning (1):
- 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
Example in sentence:
  • the heliacal or Sothic year is determined by the heliacal rising of Sothis (the Egyptian name for the Dog Star);
  • the heliacal rising of the Dog Star

Nearby Words:

helamys helcoplasty held hele helena helenin heliac heliacally helianthin helianthoid

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