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Syzygy (IPA: /ˈsɪzɨʤi/) is a kind of unity, especially through coordination or alignment, most commonly used in the astronomical and/or astrological sense.^[1] Syzygy is derived from the Late Latin syzygia, "conjunction," from the Greek σύζυγος (syzygos), "yoked together." Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Astronomy, which etymologically means law of the stars, (from Greek: αστρονομία = άστρον + νόμος) is a science involving the observation and explanation of events occurring outside Earth and its atmosphere. ... An astrological chart (or horoscope) _ Y2K Chart — This particular chart is calculated for January 1, 2000 at 12:01:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time in New York City, New York, USA. (Longitude: 074W0023 - Latitude: 40N4251) Astrology (from Greek: αστρολ&#959... Vulgar Latin (in Latin, sermo vulgaris) is a blanket term covering the vernacular dialects of the Latin language spoken mostly in the western provinces of the Roman Empire until those dialects, diverging still further, evolved into the early Romance languages — a distinction usually assigned to about the ninth century. ...

Usage in academia

Astronomy

In astronomy, a syzygy is the alignment of three or more celestial bodies in the same gravitational system along a straight line. The word is usually used in context with the Sun, Earth, and the Moon or a planet, where the latter is in conjunction or opposition. Solar and lunar eclipses occur at times of syzygy, as do transits and occultations. The term is also applied to each instance of New Moon or Full Moon when Sun and Moon are in conjunction or opposition, even though they are not precisely on one line with the Earth. For other uses, see Astronomy (disambiguation). ... ... Sol redirects here. ... This article is about Earth as a planet. ... This article is about Earths moon. ... This article is about the astronomical term. ... Opposition is a term used in positional astronomy and astrology. ... Photo taken during the 1999 eclipse. ... Time lapse movie of the 3 March 2007 lunar eclipse A lunar eclipse occurs whenever the Moon passes through some portion of the Earths shadow. ... This article is about astronomical eclipses. ... 2003 Transit of Mercury The term transit or astronomical transit has two meanings in astronomy: A transit is the astronomical event that occurs when one celestial body appears to move across the face of another celestial body, as seen by an observer at some particular vantage point. ... In this July, 1997 still frame captured from video, the bright star Aldebaran has just reappeared on the dark limb of the waning crescent moon in this predawn occultation. ... The lunar phase depends on the Moons position in orbit around Earth. ... For other uses, see Full Moon. ...

The word 'syzygy' is often loosely used to describe interesting configurations of planets in general. For example, one such case occurred on March 21, 1884 at around 23:00 UTC, when Mercury transited the Sun as seen from Venus, and Mercury and Venus both simultaneously transited the Sun as seen from Saturn. It is also used to describe situations when all the planets are on the same side of the Sun although they are not necessarily found along a straight line, such as on March 10, 1982. is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... [[Link titleBold text // ]] This article is about the planet. ... Sol redirects here. ... For other uses, see Venus (disambiguation). ... This article is about the planet. ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year (70th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ...

Gnosticism

In Gnosticism, a syzygy is a divine active-passive, male-female pair of aeons, complementary to one another rather than oppositional; in their totality they comprise the divine realm of the Pleroma, and in themselves characterise aspects of the unknowable Gnostic God. The term is most common in Valentinianism. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The Latin word æon means forever. ... Pleroma (Greek πληρωμα) generally refers to the totality of Gods powers. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... This article is about the Gnostic Valentinus. ...

Mathematics

In mathematics, a syzygy is a relation between the generators of a module M. The set of all such relations is called the 'first syzygy module of M.' A relation between generators of the first syzygy module is called a 'second syzygy' of M, and the set of all such relations is called the 'second syzygy module of M.' Continuing in this way, we get the n-th syzygy module of M by taking the set of all relations between generators of the (n-1)-st syzygy module of M. If M is finitely generated over a polynomial ring over a field, this process terminates after a finite number of steps; i.e., eventually there will be no more syzygies (see Hilbert's syzygy theorem). The syzygy modules of M are not unique, for they depend on the choice of generators at each step. For other meanings of mathematics or uses of math and maths, see Mathematics (disambiguation) and Math (disambiguation). ... In abstract algebra, the concept of a module over a ring is a generalization of the notion of vector space, where instead of requiring the scalars to lie in a field, the scalars may lie in an arbitrary ring. ... In abstract algebra, a polynomial ring is the set of polynomials in one or more variables with coefficients in a ring. ... In abstract algebra, a field is an algebraic structure in which the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division (except division by zero) may be performed, and the same rules hold which are familiar from the arithmetic of ordinary numbers. ... In mathematics, Hilberts syzygy theorem is a result of commutative algebra, first proved by David Hilbert (1890) in connection with the syzygy (relation) problem of invariant theory. ...

Medicine

In medicine, the term is used to signify the fusion of some or all of the organs. For the chemical substances known as medicines, see medication. ...

Music

Syzygy was the name of the electronic music duo that recorded for Rising High Records and Infonet Records in the 1990s. Dominic Glynn and Justin Mackay produced a hybrid of techno, ambient and electronica culminating in the cult album "Morphic Resonance". Leading British record label from the 1990s specializing in rave, techno and ambient chillout music. ... Dominic Glynn is a British composer, known for his new arrangement of the Doctor Who theme music which served as the series theme for Season 23 of the programme. ...

Syzygy is also the name of a 1998 CD made by the band Lynch Mob. It is a project led by former Dokken bandmember and guitar virtuoso George Lynch, and a composition by the late tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker of his self titled album. Lynch Mob are a band featuring former Dokken guitarist George Lynch, who has been the bands only permanent member. ... Dokken is an American metal band which was formed in 1976. ... George Lynch (b. ... Michael Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13th, 2007) was a popular US jazz saxophonist and composer. ...

Philosophy

In philosophy, the Russian theologian/philosopher Vladimir Solovyov (1853–1900) used the word "syzygy" to signify "unity-friendship-community," used as either an adjective or a noun, meaning: For other uses, see Philosophy (disambiguation). ... The name Vladimir Solovyov, with alternate transliterations Soloviev, Soloviyov, Solovyev may refer to one of the following people. ...

• a pair of connected or correlative things, or
• a couple or pair of opposites.

Poetry

In poetry, syzygy is the combination of two metrical feet into a single unit, similar to an elision. This article is about the art form. ... In literature, meter or metre (sometimes known as prosody) is a term used in the scansion (analysis into metrical patterns) of poetry, usually indicated by the kind of feet and the number of them. ... In verse, a foot is the basic unit of meter used to describe rhythm. ... In music, see elision (music). ...

Consonantal or phonetic syzygy is also similar to the effect of alliteration, where one consonant is used repeatedly throughout a passage, but not necessarily at the beginning of each word. In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a sound in spoken language that is characterized by a closure or stricture of the vocal tract sufficient to cause audible turbulence. ... Phonetic (pho-NET-ic) is a nationwide voicemail-to-text messaging service available for most digital mobile phones in which a subscriber is provided a custom voice mailbox for the purpose of receiving all incoming voice messages as actual transcribed text for reading via short messaging (also known as SMS... Alliteration is a literary device in which the same sound appears at the beginning of two or more consecutive words. ...

Psychology

In psychology, Carl Jung used the term "syzygy" to denote an archetypal pairing of contrasexual opposites, which symbolized the communication of the conscious and unconscious minds. The conjunction of two organisms without the loss of identity. Psychological science redirects here. ... Jung redirects here. ... For other uses, see Archetype (disambiguation). ...

Zoology

In zoology, syzygy is Zoology (from Greek: ζῴον, zoion, animal; and λόγος, logos, knowledge) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ...

• the association of two protozoa end-to-end or laterally for the purpose of asexual exchange of genetic material,
• the pairing of chromosomes in meiosis

It has been suggested that Parthenogenesis be merged into this article or section. ... This article is about the general scientific term. ... A scheme of a condensed (metaphase) chromosome. ... For the figure of speech, see meiosis (figure of speech). ...

Usage in popular culture

Athletics

Syzygy is the name of Carleton College's Women's Ultimate team. Skinner Memorial Chapel, Carleton College Carleton College is an independent, non-sectarian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. The school was founded on November 14, 1866, by the Minnesota Conference of Congregational Churches as Northfield College. ... Ultimate (sometimes called ultimate Frisbee in reference to the trademarked brand name) is a non-contact competitive team game played with a 175 gram flying disc. ...

Books

Syzygy in books: For other uses, see Book (disambiguation). ...

• Syzygy, a 1975 science fiction novel by Michael G. Coney
• Syzygy, a 1982 science fiction novel by Frederik Pohl (Save for the concept of aligned planetary bodies, Pohl's novel is completely unrelated to Coney's.)
• The Perfect Host, a 1948 science fiction novella by Theodore Sturgeon
• It Wasn't Syzygy, a 1947 fantasy short story by Theodore Sturgeon

Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Michael G. Coney (September 28, 1932 - November 4, 2005) was a Canadian science fiction writer. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Frederik George Pohl, Jr. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Theodore Sturgeon (February 26, 1918 Staten Island, New York – May 8, 1985) was an American science fiction author. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Fantasy (disambiguation). ... Theodore Sturgeon (February 26, 1918 Staten Island, New York – May 8, 1985) was an American science fiction author. ...

Broadway

Syzygy is the word Rona Lisa Peretti spelled correctly when she won the Putnam Spelling Bee as a child in the musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by William Finn and a book by Rachel Sheinkin. ...

Candles

Circa 1971, Syzygy was used by a candle company in California. (See "Video games", below.)

Comic books

Syzygy in comic books: A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ...

• Syzygy Darklock is a key character in the Space Opera Dreadstar, premier title of Epic Comics.
• Syzygy is a webcomic by Alicorn.
• For a brief period in the Doctor Strange comics, Strange invoked the syzygy of all planets to tap into "catastrophe magic."

Syzygy Darklock Syzygy Darklock is a key character in the Space Opera Dreadstar created by Jim Starlin. ... Classic pulp space opera cover, with the usual cliché elements. ... Dreadstar was the first comic published by Epic Comics, in 1982. ... Epic Comics was a creator-owned imprint of Marvel Comics started in 1982, lasting through the mid-1990s, and being briefly revived on a small scale in the mid-2000s. ... Webcomics, also known as online comics and internet comics, are comics that are available to read on the Internet. ... This article is about the Marvel comics superhero. ...

Computer software

Syzygy is a virtual reality grid operating system for PC clusters, tele-collaboration, and multimedia supercomputing.^[2] It was also a project management package available in the early 1990s. This article is about the simulation technology. ... An operating system (OS) is the software that manages the sharing of the resources of a computer and provides programmers with an interface used to access those resources. ...

(See also video games, under "games", below.)

Film

A major plot point in the film Tomb Raider concerns a planetary alignment taking place every 5,000 years, during which a magic item, The Triangle of Light, can be utilized. To preserve a fictional environment, the exact chronology of this alignment is not given except the date of the first phase, May 15. Categories: Movie stubs | Action films | Adventure films | 2001 films | Films based on video games ... is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The setting for the film Pitch Black is a fictional moon that undergoes a prolonged period of complete solar eclipse every 22 years when it is aligned with its parent planet. For other uses, see Pitch Black (disambiguation). ...

Games

Syzygy is the name of a word puzzle game made by Little Fish Industries.^[3] A puzzle is a problem or enigma presented as entertainment; that is written down, acted out, etc. ...

Video games

Syzygy was the first choice of name Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney had used (in 1971) for their new video game company, which was incorporated as Atari in 1972. The name had already been registered by another Californian company (a candle company owned by a hippy commune^[4]). The term "Syzygy Engineered" appeared first associated with their Nutting Inc. released Computer Space^[5] and later on Atari's first product, the coin-operated Pong game. Nolan K. Bushnell (born February 5, 1943) is an American electrical engineer and entrepreneur who founded both Atari and the Chuck E. Cheeses Pizza-Time Theaters chain. ... Ted Dabney and Nolan Bushnell created the first arcade game, Computer Space, in 1971 and founded Atari Computers in 1972. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Computer and video games redirects here. ... This article is about the corporate game company. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Computer Space is a video arcade game released in November, 1971 by Nutting Associates. ... For other uses, see Pong (disambiguation). ...

The Syzygy Cult is a freeware development company active during the mid 1990s that developed classic Apple Macintosh games. The term Freeware refers to gratis proprietary software with closed source. ... The first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984, upgraded to a 512K Fat Mac. The Macintosh or Mac, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Computer. ...

Syzygy computer games: This article needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ...

• Project Syzygy is an alternate reality game, now referred to as Perplex City. (See also the Perplex City Wiki.)
• Syzygy was the name of a Star Wars-inspired graphical text adventure published by Microdeal for the Dragon 32/64 computers in 1984.

Use of syzygy within video game environments: Alternate Reality, see Alternate Reality (computer game). ... Perplex City is a long-term alternate reality game (ARG) presented by Mind Candy, a London-based development team. ... This article is about the series. ... Zork, an early work of interactive fiction, running on a modern interpreter Interactive fiction, often abbreviated as IF, is a simulated environment in which players use text commands to control characters. ... Microdeal was a British software company which operated during the 1980s and early 1990s from its base at Truro Road in the town of St Austell, Cornwall. ... The Dragon 32 and Dragon 64 were home computers built in the 1980s. ... This article is about the year. ... Computer and video games redirects here. ...

• Syzygy is the name of a bot in Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal Tournament 2004, Unreal Championship and a playable character in Unreal Championship 2.
• A syzygy was a major plot point in the Gamecube game Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem.
• SyzYgY is the name of a minnesota-based pseudo-professional gamer best known for his performance on the team Powers Gaming, Cyberathlete Amateur League-Invite and Cyberathlete Professional League 2005 champions.

The parameter syzygy enables the cheats in the PC version of Avoid the Noid. Contrast with aimbot, a type of software that is used to cheat in multiplayer games A bot, most prominently in the first person shooter PC game types (FPS), is a robotic computer controlled entity that simulates an online or LAN multiplayer human deathmatch opponent, team deathmatch opponent or a cooperative... Unreal Tournament 2003 or UT2003 is a first-person shooter video game designed mainly for multiplayer gaming although the game had a built in single-player mode that mimics multiplayer gaming by featuring AI-bots. ... Unreal Tournament 2004, also known as UT2004 or UT2K4, is a futuristic first-person shooter computer game developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict is a first-person shooter video game based on the Unreal series of games. ... The Nintendo GameCube (Japanese: ゲームキューブ; originally code-named Dolphin during development; abbreviated as GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the 128-bit era; the same generation as Segas Dreamcast, Sonys PlayStation 2, and Microsofts Xbox. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) is a professional sports tournament organization specializing in computer and console video games. ... IBM PC compatible computers are those generally similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT. Such computers used to be referred to as PC clones, or IBM clones since they almost exactly duplicated all the significant features of the PC, XT, or AT internal design, facilitated by various manufacturers... Categories: Stub | 1989 computer and video games | DOS games | Commodore 64 games ...

Social Activism

Syzygy is the name of the annual meeting of all national branches of City Year, a US volunteer service organization operated under the AmeriCorps umbrella. Founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1988 by two Harvard Law School Students, Michael Brown and Alan Khazei, City Year calls on young people to dedicate one year of full-time community service to their community and country. ... AmeriCorps is an American network of more than 3,000 non-profit organizations, public agencies, and faith-based organizations. ...

Television

Syzygy is the name of a 1996 episode of the science fiction mystery TV show The X-Files. The alignment of Mercury, Mars and Uranus happens at the same time several murder cases occur in a small town. FBI agents Scully and Mulder investigate in a climate of fear and mob mentality. Syzygy is the thirteenth episode of the third season of The X-Files. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... The X-Files is an American Peabody and Emmy Award-winning science fiction television series created by Chris Carter, which first aired on September 10, 1993, and ended on May 19, 2002. ... [[Link titleBold text // ]] This article is about the planet. ... Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the solar system, named after the Roman god of war (the counterpart of the Greek Ares), on account of its blood red color as viewed in the night sky. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 120 kPa Hydrogen 83% Helium 15% Methane 1. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... Special Agent Dr. Dana Katherine Scully (born February 23, 1964) is a fictional character on the FOX television series The X-Files (1993-2002), played by Gillian Anderson. ... Special Agent Fox William Mulder (born October 13, 1961), nicknamed Spooky Mulder, is a fictional character played by David Duchovny on the 1993-2002 television series, The X-Files. ...

A skit in a 1997 episode of Saturday Night Live featured "syzygy" as a spelling bee word which is asked to Mary Katherine Gallagher (Molly Shannon) by host Rudolph Giuliani. When she asks for the word's usage in a sentence, Giuliani replies, "Sure. Your spelling bee word is 'syzygy'." For the band, see 1997 (band). ... This article is about the American television series. ... Mary Katherine Gallagher is a fictional character invented and portrayed by Saturday Night Live star Molly Shannon. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Rudolph William Louis Rudy Giuliani III, KBE (born May 28, 1944) served as the Mayor of New York City from January 1, 1994 through December 31, 2001. ...

On the 18 April 2007 episode of the Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert used "syzygy" in its poetic sense Рafter synecdoche and metonymy Рas part of a threat made against actor Sean Penn, in preparation for the next night's "Metaphor Off" between the two. Stephen Colbert, star of The Colbert Report The Colbert Report (, or possibly Colbert R̩port) is a television program announced by Comedy Central that will star Stephen Colbert, currently best-known as a correspondent for The Daily Show. ... Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which: a term denoting a part of something is used to refer to the whole thing, or a term denoting a thing (a whole) is used to refer to part of it, or a term denoting a specific class of thing (a species... In rhetoric, metonymy is the substitution of one word for another word with which it is associated. ... Sean Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an Academy Award-winning American film actor and director, known for playing intense, often humorless and unsympathetic characters. ...

Wine

Syzygy is the name of a winery located in Walla Walla, Washington, United States. Walla Walla is both the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, and the countys largest city. ...

Trivia

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Syzygy is the shortest English word containing three 'y's. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ...

If /y/ is classed as a consonant, syzygy is the second-longest common English word without a vowel, tied with rhythm (the longest common word being rhythms, although the archaic word twyndyllyngs is almost twice as long). However, /y/ is usually considered a vowel in the English language when it operates in the same way as a vowel (as it does in all three of its appearances in the word syzygy).

References

1. ^ http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Syzygy&x=56&y=22
2. ^ http://www.isl.uiuc.edu/syzygy.htm
3. ^ http://www.playsyzygy.com/
4. ^ Nolan Bushnell
5. ^ http://www.marvin3m.com/arcade/cspace.htm