acronical
/əˈkɹɑn.ɪ.kəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Alternative form of acronycal.
Example Sentences
- "Bring the star again to the eastern and western parts of the horizon—observe the two points of the ecliptic then on the western edge of the horizon—and the two corresponding days, will be the days of the star's acronical rising and setting."
- "The moon in arctic regions is not acronical, as astronomers say; it does not rise at sunset or set at sunrise."
- "Due to the revolution of the earth, heliacal and acronical phenomena are separated by six months of time for a given star."
- "The heliacal rising of this star group, that is its rising with the sun, heralded the summer season, while its acronical rising, when it rose as the sun set, marked the beginning of winter, and led to the association of the group with the rainy season, and with floods, so often mentioned by the poets."
- "Some sounds, such as the cries of the sellers of water in summer and charcoal in winter, persist, hour in and hour out, for the whole twenty-four, and form a background for the different acronical clamour that now rises."
- "In examining the esthetic importance of the wilderness I will not engage in the unprofitable task of evaluating the preciousness of different sorts of beauty, as, for instance, whether an acronical view over the Grand Canyon is worth more than the Apollo of Praxiteles."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ἄκρονυξ
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈkɹɑn.ɪ.kəl/