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heliac

adjective

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

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Word length
6
Starts with
H
Ends with
C
Contains
EL
Scrabble score
11
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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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

    “the heliacal rising of the Dog Star”

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the heliacal rising of the Dog Star
the heliacal or Sothic year is determined by the heliacal rising of Sothis (the Egyptian name for the Dog Star)

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