单词 | heliac |
释义 | heliac (once / 513884 pages) adj WORD FAMILY heliac: heliacally USAGE EXAMPLESWhen the constellations were first designed, the Pleiades rose heliacally at the beginning of April, and were the sign of the return of spring. Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter), The Astronomy of the Bible—An Eleme...(2010) Then the Stars of Taurus had declined Westward, and Virgo was rising heliacally. Pike, Albert, Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and...(2010) He is tempestuous in the summer, when he rises heliacally; and rainy in the winter, when he rises achronically. Dryden, John, Discourses on Satire and on Epic Po...(2010) adj pertaining to or near the sun; especially the first rising of a star after and last setting before its invisibility owing to its conjunction with the sun Syn heliacal |
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