superior conjunction
noun Astronomy.
the alignment of an inferior planet and the sun in which the planet is at the far side of the sun from the earth.
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Compare inferior conjunction.
Origin of superior conjunction
First recorded in 1825–35
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superior conjunction
[su-pîr′ē-ər]
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