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zodiacal, a.|zəʊˈdaɪəkəl|
[f. L. zōdiacus: see prec. and -al1.]
Of, pertaining to, or situated in the zodiac.
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 372 The yerely course of the Sunne throgh the .12. signes Zodiacall. 1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. iii. §26. (1716) 121 The Northern Zodiacal Signs. 1694Motteux Rabelais v. 256 Before the full revolution of a Zodiacal Girdle [i.e. before the completion of a year]. 1715tr. Gregory's Astron. I. 304 By the help of the Moon,..they placed this Zodiacal Armilla in such a situation as was agreeable to the present moment of time. 1837Whewell Hist. Induct. Sci. (1857) II. 226 Pearson's [catalogue] has 520 zodiacal stars. 1878Newcomb Pop. Astron. i. i. 18 The zodiacal constellations occupy quite unequal spaces in the heavens.
b. zodiacal light: a tract of nebulous light extending along the zodiac on each side of the sun in the form of an elongated ellipse; in the temperate zones visible chiefly after sunset in late winter and early spring, and before sunrise in autumn.
1734Eames in Phil. Trans. XXXVIII. 244 The Zodiacal Light is the purer unmixed Atmosphere of the Sun. 1849M. Somerville Connex. Phys. Sci. xxxvii. (ed. 8) 449 [Professor Olmsted] agrees with La Place in thinking that the zodiacal light is a nebulous body, revolving in the plane of the solar equator. 1876Tait Rec. Adv. Phys. Sci. x. 259 The zodiacal light, which obviously cannot possibly be part of the gaseous atmosphere of the sun. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 411/2 The Zodiacal light is supposed to be the remains of the great nebula out of which the solar system was constructed. |