An astronomical situation which occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon or a planet are roughly in a straight line. Eclipses are likely when the Moon is at syzygy.
Astronomy
In astronomy, a syzygy is the alignment of three celestial bodies in the same gravitational system along a straight line. The word is usually used in context with the Sun, Earth, and the Moon or a planet, where the latter is in conjunction or opposition.
The word is often loosely used to describe interesting configurations of planets in general.
Athletics
Syzygy is the name of Carleton College's Womens' Ultimate team.Books
Syzygy, a 1975 science fiction novel by Michael G. Coney Syzygy, a 1982 science fiction novel by Frederik PohlSave for the concept of aligned planetary bodies these novels are completely unrelated.
The Perfect Host, a 1948 science fiction novella by Theodore Sturgeon It Wasn't Syzygy, a 1947 fantasy short story by Theodore SturgeonComics
Syzygy Darklock is a key character in the Space Opera Dreadstar, premier title of Epic Comics. Syzygy is also a webcomic by Alicorn. for a brief period in the Doctor Strange comics, Strange invoked the syzygy of all planets to tap into catastrophe magicGames
Project Syzygy is an alternate reality game, now referred to as Perplex City. Syzygy is also the name of a word puzzle game made by Little Fish Industries. Syzygy was the first choice of name Nolan Bushnell had for his new video game company which was later named Atari. For more detail, see Syzygy Cult.Gnosticism
A syzygy is a divine active-passive, male-female pair of aeons, complementary to one another rather than oppositional;
Mathematics
In mathematics, a syzygy is a relation between the generators of a module M. The set of all such relations is called the 'first syzygy module of M.' A relation between generators of the first syzygy module is called a 'second syzygy' of M, and the set of all such relations is called the 'second syzygy module of M.' Continuing in this way, we get the n-th syzygy module of M by taking the set of all relations between generators of the (n-1)-st syzygy module of M. i.e., eventually there will be no more syzygies (see Hilbert's syzygy theorem). The syzygy modules of M are not unique, for they depend on the choice of generators at each step.
Medicine
In medicine, the term is used to signify the fusion of some or all of the organs.
Philosophy
The Russian theologian/philosopher Vladimir Solovyov used the word "syzygy" to signify "unity-friendship-community," used as either an adjective or a noun.
Poetry
The combination of two metrical feet into a single unit, similar to an elision. Consonantal or phonetic syzygy is also similar to the effect of alliteration, where one consonant is used repeated throughout a passage, but not necessarily at the beginning of each word.Psychology
In psychology, Carl Jung used the term "syzygy" to denote an archetypal pairing of contrasexual opposites, which symbolized the communication of the conscious and unconscious minds.
Software
A Grid OS for PC Cluster Virtual Reality, Tele-Collaboration, and Multimedia Supercomputing. http://www.isl.uiuc.edu/syzygy.htmTelevision
Syzygy is the name of a 1996 episode of the science fiction mystery TV show The X-Files. A skit in a 1997 episode of Saturday Night Live featured "syzygy" as a spelling bee word which is asked to Mary Katherine Gallagher (Molly Shannon) by host Rudolph Giuliani.Trivia
Syzygy is the shortest English word containing three y's.
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