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Heliacal

adjective
1.
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.  Synonym: heliac.  "The heliacal or Sothic year is determined by the heliacal rising of Sothis (the Egyptian name for the Dog Star)"






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"Heliacal" Quotes from Famous Books



... HELIACAL. A star rises heliacally when it first becomes visible in the morning, after having been hidden in the sun's rays; and it sets heliacally when it is first lost in the evening twilight, owing ...
— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth



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