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allineation

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allineation (countable and uncountable, plural allineations)

  1. alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun
    the allineation of the two planets
    • 1847, Sir John Frederick William Herschel, Results of Astronomical Observations [] :
      The allineation of Bradley and Pound of the two stars

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