Main Entry: syz·y·gy
Pronunciation: \ˈsi-zə-jē\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural syz·y·gies
Etymology: Late Latin syzygia conjunction, from Greek, from syzygos yoked together, from syn- + zygon yoke — more at yoke
Date: circa 1847
: the nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies (as the sun, moon, and earth during a solar or lunar eclipse) in a gravitational system
