SUPERIOR CONJUNCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superior conjunction mean? 

• SUPERIOR CONJUNCTION (noun)
  The noun SUPERIOR CONJUNCTION has 1 sense:

1. (astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the opposite side of the sun

  Familiarity information: SUPERIOR CONJUNCTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERIOR CONJUNCTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the opposite side of the sun

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("superior conjunction" is a kind of...):

alignment; conjunction ((astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac)

Domain category:

astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)