Syzygy: Daily Word Exploration | BeMused Syzygy: Daily Word Exploration 19 Apr Syzygy: (m.) gahasaṃyoga. (nt.) gahayuddha. Syzygial , adjective of syzygy, describes the alignment of three or more celestial bodies in the same gravitational system along a line.In broadest terms, syzygy (pronounced /ˈsɪzɨdʒi/ ) is a kind of unity, especially through coordination or alignment, most commonly used in the astronomical and/or astrological sense. [1] Syzygy is derived from the Late Latin syzygia, “conjunction,” from the Greek σύζυγος (syzygos). In astronomy , a syzygy is the alignment of three or more 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 . Solar and lunar eclipses occur at times of syzygy, as do transits and occultations .

The term is also applied to each instance of new moon or full moon when Sun and Moon are in conjunction or opposition, even though they are not precisely on one line with the Earth. The word ‘syzygy’ is often loosely used to describe interesting configurations of planets in general. For example, one such case occurred on March 21, 1894 at around 23:00 GMT , when Mercury transited the Sun as seen from Venus , and Mercury and Venus both simultaneously transited the Sun as seen from Saturn . It is also used to describe situations when all the planets are on the same side of the Sun although they are not necessarily found along a straight line, such as on March 10, 1982. In Gnosticism , a syzygy is a divine active-passive, male-female pair of aeons , complementary to one another rather than oppositional; in their totality they comprise the divine realm of the Pleroma , and in themselves characterise aspects of the Gnostic (known) God . The term is most common in Valentinianism . In some gnostic schools, the counterpart to Christ was Sophia .

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)th syzygy module of M. If M is finitely generated over a polynomial ring over a field , this process terminates after a finite number of steps; 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.

In philosophy , the Russian theologian/philosopher Vladimir Solovyov (1853–1900) used the word “syzygy” to signify “unity-friendship-community,” used as either an adjective or a noun, meaning: a pair of connected or correlative things, or; a couple or pair of opposites. In poetry , syzygy is 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 repeatedly throughout a passage, but not necessarily at the beginning of each word. In psychology , Carl Jung used the term “syzygy” to denote an archetypal pairing of contra-sexual opposites, which symbolized the communication of the conscious and unconscious minds : the conjunction of two organisms without the loss of identity. Examples include Dieties of Life and Death or of Sun and Moon, which are frequently depicted as male and female, and having a mutually opposing and mutually dependant relationship.

In zoology , syzygy is the association of two protozoa end-to-end or laterally for the purpose of asexual exchange of genetic material, the pairing of chromosomes in meiosis. 34.029511 -118.284820 Syzygy S Syzygy In broadest terms, syzygy (pronounced /ˈsɪzɨdʒi/) is a kind of unity, especially through coordination or alignment, most commonly used in the astronomical and/or astrological sense. Syzygy is derived from the Late Latin syzygia, "conjunction," from the Greek σύζυγος (syzygos). Syzygial, adjective of syzygy, describes the alignment of three or more celestial bodies in the same gravitational system along a line. Usage in academia Astronomy In astronomy , a syzygy is the alignment of three or more 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. Solar and lunar eclipses occur at times of syzygy, as do transits and occultations .

The term is also applied to each instance of new moon or full moon when Sun and Moon are in conjunction or opposition, even though they are not precisely on one line with the Earth. The word 'syzygy' is often loosely used to describe interesting configurations of planets in general. For example, one such case occurred on March 21, 1894 at around 23:00 GMT , when Mercury transited the Sun as seen from Venus , and Mercury and Venus both simultaneously transited the Sun as seen from Saturn . It is also used to describe situations when all the planets are on the same side of the Sun although they are not necessarily found along a straight line, such as on March 10, 1982. Gnosticism In Gnosticism , a syzygy is a divine active-passive, male-female pair of aeons, complementary to one another rather than oppositional; in their totality they comprise the divine realm of the Pleroma, and in themselves characterise aspects of the unknowable Gnostic God. The term is most common in Valentinianism. In some gnostic schools, the counterpart to Christ was Sophia.

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)th syzygy module of M. If M is finitely generated over a polynomial ring over a field, this process terminates after a finite number of steps; 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.

Music Syzygy is the title of a 1966 composition by American composer David Del Tredici that sets two James Joyce poems ("Ecce Puer" and "Nightpiece") from Pomes Penyeach for soprano and chamber orchestra, featuring French horn. From Del Tredici's early period, it is a serial work using palindromic themes. Syzygy was the name of the electronic music duo that recorded for Rising High Records and Infonet Records in the 1990s. Dominic Glynn and Justin Mackay produced a hybrid of techno, ambient and electronica culminating in the cult album "Morphic Resonance." Syzygy is the name of a composition written by Michael Brecker which can be found on his self-titled album. Syzygy is also the name of a 1998 CD made by the band Lynch Mob. It is a project led by former Dokken bandmember and guitar virtuoso George Lynch. Syzygy is also the name of a Hungarian hobby band, which have an eclectic repertoire from the blues , jazz and rock classics.

[ Syzygy is also the title of the 1994 CD by the New Zealand jazz group Hampster. Syzygy is the name of a "creative music ensemble" from Wellington NZ who produced the 1997 CD "Tongue Grooves". The Syzygetics are another New Zealand musical collaboration incorporating the word into their moniker. Their first single can be played for free here[ Philosophy In philosophy , the Russian theologian/philosopher Vladimir Solovyov (1853–1900) used the word "syzygy" to signify "unity-friendship-community," used as either an adjective or a noun, meaning: a pair of connected or correlative things, or a couple or pair of opposites. Poetry In poetry , syzygy is 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 repeatedly 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 : the conjunction of two organisms without the loss of identity. Zoology In zoology , syzygy is the association of two protozoa end-to-end or laterally for the purpose of asexual exchange of genetic material, the pairing of chromosomes in meiosis Usage in popular culture Books Syzygy in books : Syzygy, a 1973 science fiction novel by Michael G. Coney Syzygy, a 1982 science fiction novel by Frederik Pohl (Save for the concept of aligned planetary bodies, Pohl's novel is completely unrelated to Coney's.) The Perfect Host, a 1948 science fiction novella by Theodore Sturgeon It Wasn't Syzygy, a 1947 fantasy short story by Theodore Sturgeon Syzygy, a 1977 science fiction short story by W. K.

Brown (privately published) Syzygy og den sorte stjerne(Notabene 1975 ISBN 87 7490 1230) Danish for Syzygy and the Black star. A collection of essays on science fiction literature written by the Danish writer Palle Juul Holm. Considered the first book in Danish on the subject. Music The Syzygetics are a two-piece group from Wellington, New Zealand whose name is a take on the word 'Syzygy' referring to the relationship between two musicians and the product created. (The 'product' being the syzygy of the two entities) Broadway Syzygy is the word Rona Lisa Peretti spelled correctly when she won the Putnam Spelling Bee as a child in the musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Candles Circa 1971, Syzygy was used by a candle company in California. (See "Video games", below.) Comic books Syzygy in comic books : Syzygy Darklock is a key character in the Space Opera Dreadstar, which was once the premier title of the now-defunct Epic Comics.

[ Syzygy] is a defunct webcomic by Alicorn. For a brief period in the Doctor Strange comics, Strange invoked the syzygy of all planets to tap into "catastrophe magic." Computer software Syzygy is a virtual reality grid operating system for PC clusters, tele-collaboration, and multimedia supercomputing. It was also a project management package available in the early 1990s. (See also video games, under "games", below.) Film A major plot point in the film Tomb Raider concerns a planetary alignment taking place every 5,000 years, during which a magic item, The Triangle of Light, can be utilized. To preserve a fictional environment, the exact chronology of this alignment is not given except the date of the first phase, May 15. The setting for the film Pitch Black is a fictional moon that undergoes a prolonged period of complete solar eclipse every 22 years when it is aligned with its parent planet. "SYZYGY" is the title of a 1969 color film short subject produced by the National Council of Churches; approx. run time 15 minutes.

In the 2001 film Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the 55:09 minute mark, Szyzgy is listed on a sheet of paper with other proposed and rejected stage surnames for the character thereafter named Tommy Gnosis. Games Syzygy is the name of a word puzzle game made by Little Fish Industries. It is also the highest scoring word that can be played in Scrabble without using an a, e, i, o, or u. Autumn Nightmares, a supplement for the 2007 role-playing game Changeling: the Lost, by [ White Wolf], refers to pairs of faerie lords or ladies working in tandem as "syzygies". Video games Syzygy Engineering was the first choice of name Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney had used (in 1971) for their new video game company, which was incorporated as Atari, Inc in 1972. They claimed the name had already been registered by another Californian company (a candle company owned by a hippie commune). The term "Syzygy Engineered" appeared first associated with their Nutting Inc.

released Computer Space and later on Atari's first product, the coin-operated Pong game. The [ Syzygy Cult] is a freeware development company active during the mid 1990s that developed classic Apple Macintosh games. Syzygy computer games: [ Project Syzygy] is an alternate reality game, now referred to as Perplex City. (See also the [ Perplex City Wiki].) Syzygy was the name of a Star Wars -inspired graphical text adventure published by Microdeal for the Dragon 32/64 computers in 1984. "Syzygy" is currently the #3 Free Player on the MMORPG RuneScape, and the first to reach 99, the top possible level, in all stats. Use of syzygy within video game environments: Syzygy is the name of a bot in Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal Tournament 2004, Unreal Championship and a playable character in Unreal Championship 2. A syzygy was a major plot point in the Gamecube game Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem.

SyzYgY is the name of a Minnesota-based pseudo-professional gamer best known for his performance on the team Powers Gaming, Cyberathlete Amateur League-Invite and Cyberathlete Professional League 2005 champions. The parameter syzygy enables the cheats in the PC version of Avoid the Noid. Social Activism Syzygy is the name of the annual meeting of all national branches of City Year, a US volunteer service organization operated under the AmeriCorps umbrella. Sports Syzygy is the name of the Carleton College women's Ultimate Frisbee team. Television "Syzygy" is the name of a 1996 episode of the science fiction mystery TV show The X-Files . The alignment of Mercury, Mars and Uranus happens at the same time several murder cases occur in a small town. FBI agents Scully and Mulder investigate in a climate of fear and mob mentality. 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. When she asks for the word's usage in a sentence, Giuliani replies, "Sure.

Your spelling bee word is 'syzygy'." On the 17 April 2007 episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert used "syzygy" in its poetic sense – after synecdoche and metonymy – as part of a threat made against actor Sean Penn, in preparation for the next night's "Metaphor Off" between the two. Wine Syzygy is the name of a winery located in Walla Walla, Washington, United States . Business Names Syzygy is used as a Company name by a number of companies across the world. For example, in Australia Syzygy Corporation, which consists of Syzygy Consulting, Syzygy People and Syzygy Technology. Also in the UK and Germany, Syzygy is a website design agency. Spelling Syzygy is the shortest English word containing three y's. It is also the second-longest common English word containing neither a, e, i, o, nor u, being tied with rhythm, nymphs, crypts, and glyphs. (The longest common word with this characteristic is rhythms, although it is beaten handily by the archaic word twyndyllyngs.) See English words with uncommon properties.

(Wikipedia) Syzygy Sailing » The Name Syzygy Sailing n. pl. syz·y·gies In broadest terms, Syzygy ( IPA : /ˈsɪzɪʤi/ ) is a kind of unity, especially through coordination or alignment, most commonly used in the astronomical and/or astrological sense. Syzygy is derived from the Late Latin syzygia, “conjunction,” from the Greek σύζυγος (syzygos). In astronomy, a syzygy is the alignment of three or more 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. Solar and lunar eclipses occur at times of syzygy, as do transits and occultations. The term is also applied to each instance of New Moon or Full Moon when Sun and Moon are in conjunction or opposition, even though they are not precisely on one line with the Earth . . .

ASTRONOMY ASTRONOMY Eclipse & Syzygy (ग्रहण) An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object moves into the shadow of another. The term is derived from the ancient Greek noun ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis), from verb ἐκλείπω (ekleípō), "to leave behind," a combination of prefix ἐκ- (ek-), from preposition ἐκ, ἐξ (ek, ex), "out," and of verb λείπω (leípō), "to leave". When an eclipse occurs within a stellar system, such as the Solar System, it forms a type of syzygy—the alignment of three or more celestial bodies in the same gravitational system along a straight line.

The term eclipse is most often used to describe either a solar eclipse, when the Moon's shadow crosses the Earth's surface, or a lunar eclipse, when the Moon moves into the shadow of Earth। However, it can also refer to such events beyond the Earth-Moon system: for example, a planet moving into the shadow cast by one of its moons, a moon passing into the shadow cast by its host planet, or a moon passing into the shadow of another moon. A binary star system can also produce eclipses if the plane of their orbit intersects the position of the oserver SYZYGY: A syzygy is the alignment of three or more 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. Solar and lunar eclipses occur at times of syzygy, as do transits and occultation there is a syzygy between a star and two celestial bodies, such as a planet and a moon. The shadow cast by the object closest to the star intersects the more distant body, lowering the amount of luminosity reaching the latter's surface.

The region of shadow cast by the occulting body is divided into an umbra, where the radiation from the star's radiation-emitting photosphere is completely blocked, and a penumbra, where only a portion of the radiation is blocked. A total eclipse will occur when the observer is located within the umbra of the occulting object. Totality occurs at the point of maximum phase during a total eclipse, when the occulted object is completely covered. When the star and a smaller occulting object are nearly spherical, the umbra forms a cone-shaped region of shadow in space. Beyond the end of the umbra is a region called the antumbra, where a planet or moon will be seen transiting across the star but not completely covering it. For an observer inside the antumbra of a solar eclipse, for example, the Moon appears smaller than the Sun, resulting in an annular eclipse. The remaining volume of shadowed space, where only a fraction of the occulting object overlaps the star, is called the penumbra. An eclipse that does not reach totality, such as when the observer is in the penumbra, is called a partial eclipse.

For spherical bodies, when the occluding object is smaller than the star, the length (L) of the Umbra's cone-shaped shadow is given by: where Rs is the radius of the star, Ro is the occulting object's radius, and r is the distance from the star to the occulting object. For Earth, on average L is equal to 1.384 × 106 km, which is much larger than the Moon's semimajor axis of 3.844 × 105 km. Hence the umbral cone of the Earth can completely envelop the Moon during a lunar eclipse. If the occulting object has an atmosphere, however, some of the luminosity of the star can be refracted into the volume of the umbra. This occurs, for example, during an eclipse of the Moon by the Earth—producing a faint, ruddy illumination of the Moon even at totality. An astronomical transit is also a type of syzygy, but is used to describe the situation where the nearer object is considerably smaller in apparent size than the more distant object.

Likewise, an occultation is a syzygy where the apparent size of the nearer object appears much larger than the distant object, and the distant object becomes completely hidden during the event. An eclipse cycle takes place when a series of eclipses are separated by a certain interval of time। This happens when the orbital motions of the bodies form repeating harmonic patterns. A particular instance is the Saros cycle, which results in a repetition of a solar or lunar eclipse every 6,585.3 days, or a little over 18 years. However, because this cycle has an odd number of days, a successive eclipse is viewed from a different part of the world. Posted by BLACK HOLE Black Holes: What Are They?Black holes are the evolutionary endpoints of stars at least 10 to 15 times as massive as the Sun. If a star that massive or larger undergoes a supernova explosion, it may leave behind a fairly massive burned out stellar remnant. With no outward forces to oppose gravitational forces, the remnant will collapse in on itself. The star eventually collapses to the point of zero volume and infinite density, creating what is known as a " singularity ".

As the density increases, the path of light rays emitted from the star are bent and eventually wrapped irrevocably around the star. Any emitted photons are trapped into an orbit by the intense gravitational field; they will never leave it. Because no light escapes after the star reaches this infinite density, it is called a black hole. But contrary to popular myth, a black hole is not a cosmic vacuum cleaner. If our Sun was suddenly replaced with a black hole of the same mass, the Earth's orbit around the Sun would be unchanged. (Of course the Earth's temperature would change, and there would be no solar wind or solar magnetic storms affecting us.) To be "sucked" into a black hole, one has to cross inside the Schwarzschild radius. At this radius, the escape speed is equal to the speed of light, and once light passes through, even it cannot escape.

The Schwarzschild radius can be calculated using the equation for escape speed: vesc = (2GM/R)1/2For photons, or objects with no mass, we can substitute c (the speed of light) for Vesc and find the Schwarzschild radius, R, to be R = 2GM/c2 If the Sun was replaced with a black hole that had the same mass as the Sun, the Schwarzschild radius would be 3 km (compared to the Sun's radius of nearly 700,000 km). Hence the Earth would have to get very close to get sucked into a black hole at the center of our Solar System. Posted by Labels: astronomy , black holes , nagothkar , swapnil Thursday, December 4, 2008 Our Sun is a normal main-sequence G2 star, one of more than 100 billion stars in our galaxy. diameter: 1,390,000 km. temperature: 5800 K (surface) 15,600,000 K (core) The Sun is by far the largest object in the solar system.

It contains more than 99.8% of the total mass of the Solar System (Jupiter contains most of the rest). It is often said that the Sun is an "ordinary" star. That's true in the sense that there are many others similar to it. But there are many more smaller stars than larger ones; the Sun is in the top 10% by mass. The median size of stars in our galaxy is probably less than half the mass of the Sun. The Sun is personified in many mythologies: the Greeks called it Helios and the Romans called it Sol. The Sun is, at present, about 70% hydrogen and 28% helium by mass everything else ("metals") amounts to less than 2%. This changes slowly over time as the Sun converts hydrogen to helium in its core. The outer layers of the Sun exhibit differential rotation: at the equator the surface rotates once every 25.4 days; near the poles it's as much as 36 days. This odd behavior is due to the fact that the Sun is not a solid body like the Earth. Similar effects are seen in the gas planets.

The differential rotation extends considerably down into the interior of the Sun but the core of the Sun rotates as a solid body. Conditions at the Sun's core (approximately the inner 25% of its radius) are extreme. The temperature is 15.6 million Kelvin and the pressure is 250 billion atmospheres. At the center of the core the Sun's density is more than 150 times that of water. The Sun's energy output (3.86e33 ergs/second or 386 billion billion megawatts) is produced by nuclear fusion reactions. Each second about 700,000,000 tons of hydrogen are converted to about 695,000,000 tons of helium and 5,000,000 tons (=3.86e33 ergs) of energy in the form of gamma rays. As it travels out toward the surface, the energy is continuously absorbed and re-emitted at lower and lower temperatures so that by the time it reaches the surface, it is primarily visible light. For the last 20% of the way to the surface the energy is carried more by convection than by radiation.

The surface of the Sun, called the photosphere, is at a temperature of about 5800 K. Sunspots are "cool" regions, only 3800 K (they look dark only by comparison with the surrounding regions). Sunspots can be very large, as much as 50,000 km in diameter. Sunspots are caused by complicated and not very well understood interactions with the Sun's magnetic field. A small region known as the chromosphere lies above the photosphere. The highly rarefied region above the chromosphere, called the corona, extends millions of kilometers into space but is visible only during a total solar eclipse (left). Temperatures in the corona are over 1,000,000 K. It just happens that the Moon and the Sun appear the same size in the sky as viewed from the Earth. And since the Moon orbits the Earth in approximately the same plane as the Earth's orbit around the Sun sometimes the Moon comes directly between the Earth and the Sun. This is called a solar eclipse; if the alignment is slighly imperfect then the Moon covers only part of the Sun's disk and the event is called a partial eclipse.

When it lines up perfectly the entire solar disk is blocked and it is called a total eclipse of the Sun. Partial eclipses are visible over a wide area of the Earth but the region from which a total eclipse is visible, called the path of totality, is very narrow, just a few kilometers (though it is usually thousands of kilometers long). Eclipses of the Sun happen once or twice a year. If you stay home, you're likely to see a partial eclipse several times per decade. But since the path of totality is so small it is very unlikely that it will cross you home. So people often travel half way around the world just to see a total solar eclipse. To stand in the shadow of the Moon is an awesome experience. For a few precious minutes it gets dark in the middle of the day. The stars come out. The animals and birds think it's time to sleep. And you can see the solar corona. It is well worth a major journey. The Sun's magnetic field is very strong (by terrestrial standards) and very complicated. Its magnetosphere (also known as the heliosphere) extends well beyond Pluto.

In addition to heat and light, the Sun also emits a low density stream of charged particles (mostly electrons and protons) known as the solar wind which propagates throughout the solar system at about 450 km/sec. The solar wind and the much higher energy particles ejected by solar flares can have dramatic effects on the Earth ranging from power line surges to radio interference to the beautiful aurora borealis. Recent data from the spacecraft Ulysses show that during the minimum of the solar cycle the solar wind emanating from the polar regions flows at nearly double the rate, 750 kilometers per second, than it does at lower latitudes. The composition of the solar wind also appears to differ in the polar regions. During the solar maximum, however, the solar wind moves at an intermediate speed. Further study of the solar wind will be done by the recently launched Wind, ACE and SOHO spacecraft from the dynamically stable vantage point directly between the Earth and the Sun about 1.6 million km from Earth. The solar wind has large effects on the tails of comets and even has measurable effects on the trajectories of spacecraft. Spectacular loops and prominences are often visible on the Sun's limb (left).

The Sun's output is not entirely constant. Nor is the amount of sunspot activity. There was a period of very low sunspot activity in the latter half of the 17th century called the Maunder Minimum. It coincides with an abnormally cold period in northern Europe sometimes known as the Little Ice Age. Since the formation of the solar system the Sun's output has increased by about 40%. The Sun is about 4.5 billion years old. Since its birth it has used up about half of the hydrogen in its core. It will continue to radiate "peacefully" for another 5 billion years or so (although its luminosity will approximately double in that time). But eventually it will run out of hydrogen fuel. It will then be forced into radical changes which, though commonplace by stellar standards, will result in the total destruction of the Earth (and probably the creation of a planetary nebula) Posted by Syzygy | Article about syzygy by The Free Dictionary Syzygy | Article about syzygy by The Free Dictionary Also found in: Dictionary , Thesaurus , Medical , Wikipedia .

syzygy (sĭz`əjē), in astronomy, alignment of three bodies of the solar system along a straight or nearly straight line. A planet is in syzygy with the earth and sun when it is in opposition opposition, in astronomy, alignment of two celestial bodies on opposite sides of the sky as viewed from earth. Opposition of the moon or planets is often determined in reference to the sun. ..... Click the link for more information. or conjunction conjunction, in astronomy, alignment of two celestial bodies as seen from the earth. Conjunction of the moon and the planets is often determined by reference to the sun. ..... Click the link for more information. , i.e., when its elongation elongation, in astronomy, the angular distance between two points in the sky as measured from a third point. The elongation of a planet is usually measured as the angular distance from the sun to the planet as measured from the earth. ..... Click the link for more information. is 180° or 0°. The moon is in syzygy with the earth and sun when it is new or full.

syzygy (siz -ă-jee) The configuration arising when the Sun, Earth, and either the Moon or a planet lie approximately in line, i.e. when the Moon or planet is at opposition or conjunction . Syzygy (religion, spiritualism, and occult) Syzygy traditionally referred to a conjunction of the Sun and the Moon, such as occurs during a solar eclipse. By extension, it is currently applied to the alignment of any three celestial bodies in a straight line (such as occurs during eclipses and occultations). The etymology of the term is as follows: The sy[n], which is related to the prefix of such words as synchronic, means “together;”-zygy derives from the Greek zugón, meaning “yoke,” so syzygy literally means to yoke together. This makes syzygy appear to be a macrocosmic parallel to certain yoga practices in which the internal, symbolic (microcosmic) Sun and Moon are joined together—as in alternate nostril breathing, a technique said to join the Sun (right nostril) and Moon (left nostril) energies.

What makes this parallel all the more striking is that both zugón and yoga ultimately derive from the same Indo-European root word yug (yoke). Sources: Syzygy | BeMused BeMused 13 Mar SYZYGY: In broadest terms, syzygy (pronounced /ˈsɪzɨdʒi/ ) is a kind of unity, especially through coordination or alignment, most commonly used in the astronomical and/or astrological sense. Syzygy is derived from the Late Latin syzygia, “conjunction,” from the Greek σύζυγος (syzygos). Syzygial , adjective of syzygy, describes the alignment of three or more celestial bodies in the same gravitational system along a line. Astronomy: a syzygy is the alignment of three or more 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 . Solar and lunar eclipses occur at times of syzygy, as do transits and occultations .

The term is also applied to each instance of new moon or full moon when Sun and Moon are in conjunction or opposition, even though they are not precisely on one line with the Earth. The word ‘syzygy’ is often loosely used to describe interesting configurations of planets in general. For example, one such case occurred on March 21, 1894 at around 23:00 GMT , when Mercury transited the Sun as seen from Venus , and Mercury and Venus both simultaneously transited the Sun as seen from Saturn . It is also used to describe situations when all the planets are on the same side of the Sun although they are not necessarily found along a straight line, such as on March 10, 1982. Gnosticism: a syzygy is a divine active-passive, male-female pair of aeons , complementary to one another rather than oppositional; in their totality they comprise the divine realm of the Pleroma , and in themselves characterise aspects of the Gnostic (known) God . The term is most common in Valentinianism . In some gnostic schools, the counterpart to Christ was Sophia .

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)th syzygy module of M. If M is finitely generated over a polynomial ring over a field , this process terminates after a finite number of steps; 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.

Philosophy: The Russian theologian/philosopher Vladimir Solovyov (1853–1900) used the word “syzygy” to signify “unity-friendship-community,” used as either an adjective or a noun, meaning: a pair of connected or correlative things, or; a couple or pair of opposites. Poetry: syzygy is 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 repeatedly throughout a passage, but not necessarily at the beginning of each word. 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 : the conjunction of two organisms without the loss of identity. Examples include Dieties of Life and Death or of Sun and Moon, which are frequently depicted as male and female, and having a mutually opposing and mutually dependent relationship.

Zoology: The association of two protozoa end-to-end or laterally for the purpose of asexual exchange of genetic material; the pairing of chromosomes in meiosis . Syzygy / OPTcorp.com | OPT Telescopes Syzygy This entry was posted on October 23, 2008 by The Team at OPT. In broadest terms, Syzygy is a kind of unity, especially through coordination or alignment, most commonly used in the astronomical and/or astrological sense. Syzygy is derived from the Late Latin syzygia, "conjunction," from the Greek s?????? (syzygos). Syzygia, adjective of Syzygy, describes the alignment of three or more celestial bodies in the same gravitational system along a straight line. In astronomy, a syzygy is the alignment of three or more 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. Solar and lunar eclipses occur at times of syzygy, as do transits and occultations.

The term is also applied to each instance of New Moon or Full Moon when Sun and Moon are in conjunction or opposition, even though they are not precisely on one line with the Earth. The word 'syzygy' is often loosely used to describe interesting configurations of planets in general. For example, one such case occurred on March 21, 1894 at around 23:00 UTC, when Mercury transited the Sun as seen from Venus , and Mercury and Venus both simultaneously transited the Sun as seen from Saturn . It is also used to describe situations when all the planets are on the same side of the Sun although they are not necessarily found along a straight line, such as on March 10, 1982. This entry was posted in Uncategorized on October 23, 2008 by The Team at OPT. ← Previous Post Next Post → Leave a Reply Define syzygy | Dictionary and Thesaurus Extensive Definition In broadest terms, Syzygy () is a kind of unity, especially through coordination or alignment, most commonly used in the astronomical and/or astrological sense. Syzygy is derived from the Late Latin , "conjunction," from the Greek ().

Syzygia Adjective of Syzygy describing the alignment of three or more celestial bodies in the same gravitational system along a straight line. Usage in academia Astronomy In astronomy , a syzygy is the alignment of three or more 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 . Solar and lunar eclipse s occur at times of syzygy, as do transits and occultation s. The term is also applied to each instance of New Moon or Full Moon when Sun and Moon are in conjunction or opposition, even though they are not precisely on one line with the Earth. The word 'syzygy' is often loosely used to describe interesting configurations of planets in general. For example, one such case occurred on March 21 , 1894 at around 23:00 UTC, when Mercury transited the Sun as seen from Venus , and Mercury and Venus both simultaneously transited the Sun as seen from Saturn .

It is also used to describe situations when all the planets are on the same side of the Sun although they are not necessarily found along a straight line, such as on March 10 , 1982 . Gnosticism In Gnosticism , a syzygy is a divine active-passive, male-female pair of aeons , complementary to one another rather than oppositional; in their totality they comprise the divine realm of the Pleroma , and in themselves characterise aspects of the unknowable Gnostic God . The term is most common in Valentinianism . 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)th syzygy module of M.

If M is finitely generated over a polynomial ring over a field , this process terminates after a finite number of steps; 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. Music Syzygy was the name of the electronic music duo that recorded for Rising High Records and Infonet Records in the 1990s. Dominic Glynn and Justin Mackay produced a hybrid of techno, ambient and electronica culminating in the cult album "Morphic Resonance". Syzygy is the name of a composition written by Michael Brecker, can be found on the album titled: Michael Brecker. Syzygy is also the name of a 1998 CD made by the band Lynch Mob . It is a project led by former Dokken bandmember and guitar virtuoso George Lynch , and a composition by the late tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker of his self titled album.

Philosophy In philosophy , the Russian theologian/philosopher Vladimir Solovyov (1853–1900) used the word "syzygy" to signify "unity-friendship-community," used as either an adjective or a noun, meaning: a pair of connected or correlative things, or a couple or pair of opposites. Poetry In poetry , syzygy is the combination of two metrical feet into a single unit, similar to an elision . Consonant al or phonetic syzygy is also similar to the effect of alliteration , where one consonant is used repeatedly 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: the conjunction of two organisms without the loss of identity. College Sports Carleton College 's competitive women's ultimate frisbee team was formed in 1982 and changed its name to Syzygy in 1983 .

They are highly competitive at the national level and in 2007 tied for 5th place in the nation in the Ultimate Player's Association championships at Columbus, OH. Zoology In zoology , syzygy is the association of two protozoa end-to-end or laterally for the purpose of asexual exchange of genetic material, the pairing of chromosome s in meiosis Usage in popular culture It Wasn't Syzygy, a 1947 fantasy short story by Theodore Sturgeon Broadway Syzygy is the word Rona Lisa Peretti spelled correctly when she won the Putnam Spelling Bee as a child in the musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee . Candles Circa 1971, Syzygy was used by a candle company in California. (See "Video games", below.) Comic books Syzygy Darklock is a key character in the Space Opera Dreadstar , premier title of Epic Comics . Syzygy is a webcomic by Alicorn.

For a brief period in the Doctor Strange comics, Strange invoked the syzygy of all planets to tap into "catastrophe magic." Computer software Syzygy is a virtual reality grid operating system for PC clusters, tele-collaboration, and multimedia supercomputing. It was also a project management package available in the early 1990s. (See also video games, under "games", below.) Film A major plot point in the film Tomb Raider concerns a planetary alignment taking place every 5,000 years, during which a magic item, The Triangle of Light, can be utilized. To preserve a fictional environment, the exact chronology of this alignment is not given except the date of the first phase, May 15 . The setting for the film Pitch Black is a fictional moon that undergoes a prolonged period of complete solar eclipse every 22 years when it is aligned with its parent planet. Games Syzygy is the name of a word puzzle game made by Little Fish Industries. It is also the highest scoring word that can be played in Scrabble without using an a, e, i, o, or u.

Video games Syzygy Engineering was the first choice of name Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney had used (in 1971 ) for their new video game company, which was incorporated as Atari, Inc in 1972 . They claimed the name had already been registered by another Californian company (a candle company owned by a hippie commune ). The term "Syzygy Engineered" appeared first associated with their Nutting Inc. released Computer Space and later on Atari's first product, the coin-operated Pong game. The Syzygy Cult is a freeware development company active during the mid 1990s that developed classic Apple Macintosh games. Syzygy was the name of a Star Wars -inspired graphical text adventure published by Microdeal for the Dragon 32/64 computers in 1984 . Use of syzygy within video game environments: A syzygy was a major plot point in the Gamecube game Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem . SyzYgY is the name of a Minnesota-based pseudo-professional gamer best known for his performance on the team Powers Gaming, Cyberathlete Amateur League -Invite and Cyberathlete Professional League 2005 champions.

The parameter syzygy enables the cheats in the PC version of Avoid the Noid . Social Activism Syzygy is the name of the annual meeting of all national branches of City Year , a US volunteer service organization operated under the AmeriCorps umbrella. Television " Syzygy " is the name of a 1996 episode of the science fiction mystery TV show The X-Files . The alignment of Mercury , Mars and Uranus happens at the same time several murder cases occur in a small town. FBI agents Scully and Mulder investigate in a climate of fear and mob mentality. 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 . When she asks for the word's usage in a sentence, Giuliani replies, "Sure.

Your spelling bee word is 'syzygy'." On the 18 April 2007 episode of The Colbert Report , Stephen Colbert used "syzygy" in its poetic sense – after synecdoche and metonymy – as part of a threat made against actor Sean Penn , in preparation for the next night's "Metaphor Off" between the two. Wine Syzygy is the name of a winery located in Walla Walla, Washington , United States . Unusual Spelling Syzygy is the shortest English word containing three ys. It is also the second-longest common English word containing neither a, e, i, o, nor u, being tied with rhythm. (The longest common word with this characteristic is rhythms, although it is beaten handily by the archaic word twyndyllyngs.) See English words with uncommon properties . References Syzygy : Wikis (The Full Wiki) The Full Wiki Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles .

Related top topics For the X-Files episode, see Syzygy (The X-Files) . In broadest terms, syzygy (pronounced /ˈsɪzɨdʒi/) is a kind of unity, especially through coordination or alignment, most commonly used in the astronomical and/or astrological sense. [1] Syzygy is derived from the Late Latin syzygia, "conjunction," from the Greek σύζυγος (syzygos). Syzygial, adjective of syzygy, describes the alignment of three or more celestial bodies in the same gravitational system along a line. Contents Advertisements Astronomy In astronomy , a syzygy is the alignment of three or more 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 . Solar and lunar eclipses occur at times of syzygy, as do transits and occultations . The term is also applied to each instance of new moon or full moon when Sun and Moon are in conjunction or opposition, even though they are not precisely on one line with the Earth.

The word 'syzygy' is often loosely used to describe interesting configurations of planets in general. For example, one such case occurred on March 21, 1894 at around 23:00 GMT , when Mercury transited the Sun as seen from Venus , and Mercury and Venus both simultaneously transited the Sun as seen from Saturn . It is also used to describe situations when all the planets are on the same side of the Sun although they are not necessarily found along a straight line, such as on March 10, 1982. Gnosticism In Gnosticism , a syzygy is a divine active-passive, male-female pair of aeons , complementary to one another rather than oppositional; in their totality they comprise the divine realm of the Pleroma , and in themselves characterise aspects of the Gnostic (known) God . The term is most common in Valentinianism . In some gnostic schools, the counterpart to Christ was Sophia . 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)th syzygy module of M. If M is finitely generated over a polynomial ring over a field , this process terminates after a finite number of steps; 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. Music Syzygy is the title of a 1966 composition by American composer David Del Tredici that sets two James Joyce poems ("Ecce Puer" and "Nightpiece") from Pomes Penyeach for soprano and chamber orchestra, featuring French horn. From Del Tredici's early period, it is a serial work using palindromic themes.

[2] Syzygy was the name of the electronic music duo that recorded for Rising High Records and Infonet Records in the 1990s. Dominic Glynn and Justin Mackay produced a hybrid of techno, ambient and electronica culminating in the cult album "Morphic Resonance." Syzygy is the name of a composition written by Michael Brecker which can be found on his self-titled album. Syzygy is also the name of a 1998 CD made by the band Lynch Mob . It is a project led by former Dokken bandmember and guitar virtuoso George Lynch . Philosophy In philosophy , the Russian theologian/philosopher Vladimir Solovyov (1853–1900) used the word "syzygy" to signify "unity-friendship-community," used as either an adjective or a noun, meaning: a pair of connected or correlative things, or a couple or pair of opposites. Poetry In poetry , syzygy is 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 repeatedly 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 : the conjunction of two organisms without the loss of identity. Examples include Deities of Life and Death or of Sun and Moon, which are frequently depicted as male and female, and having a mutually opposing and mutually dependant relationship. Zoology In zoology , syzygy is the association of two protozoa end-to-end or laterally for the purpose of asexual exchange of genetic material, the pairing of chromosomes in meiosis In popular culture Music Syzygys (with an s), the Japanese musical group, is perhaps the best-known microtonal musical band, using a completely different scale than the normal musical scale.

Books The Perfect Host, a 1948 science fiction novella by Theodore Sturgeon It Wasn't Syzygy, a 1947 fantasy short story by Theodore Sturgeon Syzygy: Living powerfully Aligned Life," [nonfiction] relationships by Johnnie C. Godwin, 2005 Broadway Syzygy is the word Rona Lisa Peretti spelled correctly when she won the Putnam Spelling Bee as a child in the musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee .[citation needed] Comic books Syzygy in comic books : Syzygy Darklock is a key character in the Space Opera Dreadstar , which was once the premier title of the now-defunct Epic Comics . For a brief period in the Doctor Strange comics, Strange invoked the syzygy of all planets to tap into "catastrophe magic." Computer software Syzygy is a virtual reality grid operating system for PC clusters, tele-collaboration, and multimedia supercomputing.

[3] Film Syzygy in film: A major plot point in the film Tomb Raider concerns a planetary alignment taking place every 5,000 years, during which a magic item, The Triangle of Light, can be utilized. To preserve a fictional environment, the exact chronology of this alignment is not given except the date of the first phase, May 15. In Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey there is a scene in which several planets line up, forming a syzygy. The setting for the film Pitch Black is a fictional moon that undergoes a prolonged period of complete solar eclipse every 22 years when it is aligned with its parent planet. "SYZYGY" is the title of a 1969 color film short subject produced by the National Council of Churches ; approx. run time 15 minutes. In the 2001 film Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the 55:09 minute mark, Szyzgy is listed on a sheet of paper with other proposed and rejected stage surnames for the character thereafter named Tommy Gnosis. Board Game Syzygy is a real-time crossword-puzzle building game.

Each player starts with a number of tiles, and attempts to build them into a network of words. The first player to use all his/her tiles calls 'Draw' and everyone must draw an additional tile. Repeat until all tiles (> 300) are used. Crosswords can be rearranged as needed until the game ends. Winner is person with fewest unused tiles. Video games Syzygy Engineering was the first choice of name Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney had used (in 1971) for their new video game company, which was incorporated as Atari, Inc in 1972. They claimed the name had already been registered by another Californian company (a candle company owned by a hippie commune ). The term "Syzygy Engineered" appeared first associated with their Nutting Inc. released Computer Space [4] and later on Atari's first product, the coin-operated Pong game. The Syzygy Cult is a freeware development company active during the mid 1990s that developed classic Apple Macintosh games. Project Syzygy is an alternate reality game , now referred to as Perplex City .

(See also the Perplex City Wiki .) Syzygy was the name of a Star Wars -inspired graphical text adventure published by Microdeal for the Dragon 32/64 computers in 1984. "Syzygy" is currently the #3 Free Player on the MMORPG RuneScape , and the first to reach 99, the top possible level, in all stats. Use of syzygy within video game environments: Syzygy is the name of a playable robotic character in Unreal Tournament 2003 , Unreal Tournament 2004 , Unreal Championship and an unplayable bot in Unreal Championship 2 . A syzygy was a major plot point in the Gamecube game Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. SyzYgY is the name of a Minnesota-based pseudo-professional gamer best known for his performance on the team Powers Gaming, Cyberathlete Amateur League -Invite and Cyberathlete Professional League 2005 champions. The parameter syzygy enables the cheats in the PC version of Avoid the Noid .

Social Activism Syzygy is the name of the annual meeting of all national branches of City Year , a US volunteer service organization operated under the AmeriCorps umbrella. Sports Syzygy is the name of the Carleton College women's Ultimate Frisbee team. Television " Syzygy " is the name of a 1996 episode of the science fiction mystery TV show The X-Files . The alignment of Mercury , Mars and Uranus happens at the same time several murder cases occur in a small town. FBI agents Scully and Mulder investigate in a climate of fear and mob mentality. 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 . When she asks for the word's usage in a sentence, Giuliani replies, "Sure.

Your spelling bee word is 'syzygy'." On the 17 April 2007 episode of The Colbert Report , Stephen Colbert used "syzygy" in its poetic sense – after synecdoche and metonymy – as part of a threat made against actor Sean Penn , in preparation for the next night's "Metaphor Off" between the two. Theater The Syzygy Theatre Group is an award winning regional theater company in Los Angeles, CA. Wine Syzygy is the name of a winery located in Walla Walla, Washington , United States . Business Names Syzygy is used as a Company name by a number of companies across the world. For example, in Australia Syzygy Corporation, which consists of Syzygy Consulting, Syzygy People and Syzygy Technology. Also in the UK and Germany, Syzygy is a website design agency. Spelling Syzygy is the shortest English word containing three y's. It is also the second-longest common English word containing no vowels (a, e, i, o, u) tied with rhythm, nymphs, crypts, and glyphs.

The longest common word with this characteristic is rhythms, although it is beaten handily by the archaic word twyndyllyngs . See English words with uncommon properties . References

Question: In astronomy, what is the word applied to the alignment of three or more celestial bodies in the same gravitational system along a straight line?
Answer: Syzygy