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SUPERIOR CONJUNCTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the opposite side of the sun
Classified under:
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)