either of the two positions (conjunction or opposition) of a celestial body when sun, earth, and the body lie in a straight line
the moon is at syzygy when full
2.
(in classical prosody) a metrical unit of two feet
3. rare
any pair, usually of opposites
4. biology
the aggregation in a mass of certain protozoans, esp when occurring before sexual reproduction
Derived forms
syzygial (sɪˈzɪdʒɪəl), syzygetic (ˌsɪzɪˈdʒɛtɪk) or syzygal (ˈsɪzɪɡəl)
adjective
syzygetically (ˌsyzyˈgetically)
adverb
Word origin
C17: from Late Latin syzygia, from Greek suzugia, from suzugos yoked together, from syn- + zugon a yoke
Examples of 'syzygies' in a sentence
syzygies
In the article [4] two new identities for the degree of syzygies are given.
Neeraj Kumar, Ivan Martino 2012, 'An algebraic proof for the identities for the degree of syzygies in numerical semigroup',Le Matematichehttp://www.dmi.unict.it/ojs/index.php/lematematiche/article/view/943. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We state its proof using syzygies to explain the normalization condition of a polynomial.
Christian Eder 2008, 'A New Attempt On The F5 Criterion', Computer Science Journal of Moldovahttp://www.math.md/files/csjm/v16-n1/v16-n1-(pp4-14).pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)