zodiacaladj.
/zə(ʊ)ˈdʌɪəkl/, U.S. /zoʊˈdaɪək(ə)l/ a. Of, pertaining to, or situated in the zodiac.
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1576 A. Fleming tr. G. Macropedius in Panoplie Epist. 372 The yerely course of the Sunne throgh the .12. signes Zodiacall.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 121 The Northern Zodiacal Signs.
1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. Philos. Cream 256 Before the full revolution of a Zodiacal Girdle [i.e. before the completion of a year].
1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. ii. §29. 304 By the help of the Moon,..they placed this Zodiacal Armilla in such a situation as was agreeable to the present moment of time.
1847 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. (rev. ed.) II. 317 Pearson's [catalogue] has 520 zodiacal stars.
1878 S. Newcomb Pop. Astron. i. i. 18 The zodiacal constellations occupy quite unequal spaces in the heavens.
b. zodiacal light n. a tract of nebulous light extending along the zodiac on each side of the sun in the form of an elongated ellipse; in the temperate zones visible chiefly after sunset in late winter and early spring, and before sunrise in autumn.
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the world > the universe > sun > sunlight > [noun]
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the world > the universe > luminous appearance > [noun] > zodiacal light
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1734 J. Eames in Philos. Trans. 1733–4 (Royal Soc.) 38 244 The Zodiacal Light is the purer unmixed Atmosphere of the Sun.
1849 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (ed. 8) xxxvii. 449 [Professor Olmsted] agrees with La Place in thinking that the zodiacal light is a nebulous body, revolving in the plane of the solar equator.
1876 P. G. Tait Lect. Recent Adv. in Physical Sci. x. 259 The zodiacal light, which obviously cannot possibly be part of the gaseous atmosphere of the sun.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 411/2 The Zodiacal light is supposed to be the remains of the great nebula out of which the solar system was constructed.
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