superior conjunction
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of superior conjunction
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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The effervescent Venus reached superior conjunction Aug. 14 and will emerge from the sun’s glare later in September, low in the evening’s western sky.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2019
By convention, it refers to the projected semi-major axis that corresponds to superior conjunction.
From Nature ● Apr. 4, 2014
For their story, Cahill and Marling borrow from the idea of superior conjunction, positing that the planet was previously hidden behind the sun.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 16, 2011
Travelling from this point to superior conjunction, the illumined portion of her disc gradually increases, until it becomes circular, like the full Moon.
From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel
When an inferior planet is situated in the same longitude as the sun, and has that luminary between it and the earth, it is said to be in superior conjunction.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
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