How do you use Heliacal in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like star, plus the exact meaning.
Heliacal in a sentence
Heliacal meaning
- Of or relating to the Sun, especially rising and setting with the sun.
- Of or relating to the rising of a star when it first becomes visible just before sunrise in the eastern sky, having previously been made invisible by sunlight, or the analogous situation of its setting just after sunset.
Synonyms of Heliacal
Using Heliacal
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or relating to the Sun, especially rising and setting with the sun. | Of or relating to the rising of a star when it first becomes visible just before sunrise in the eastern sky, having previously been made invisible by sunlight, or the analogous situation of its setting just after sunset.
- Useful related words include: heliac, star.
- In the example corpus, heliacal often appears in combinations such as: heliacal rising, the heliacal.
Context around Heliacal
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Heliacal
- In this selection, "heliacal" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, term, rising, setting and circle stand out and add context to how "heliacal" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include celebrated the heliacal setting of and the heliacal rising of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "heliacal" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with heliacal
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The heliacal rising of the next decan star marked the start of a new civil week, which was then ten days. (21 words)
The term heliacal circle is used for the ecliptic, which is in the center of the zodiacal circle, conceived as a band including the noted constellations named on mythical themes. (30 words)
It probably derives from plein ('to sail') because of the cluster's importance in delimiting the sailing season in the Mediterranean Sea : 'the season of navigation began with their heliacal rising '. (31 words)
The Romans celebrated the heliacal setting of Sirius around April 25, sacrificing a dog, along with incense, wine, and a sheep, to the goddess Robigo so that the star's emanations would not cause wheat rust on wheat crops that year. (41 words)
It probably derives from plein ('to sail') because of the cluster's importance in delimiting the sailing season in the Mediterranean Sea : 'the season of navigation began with their heliacal rising '. (31 words)
The term heliacal circle is used for the ecliptic, which is in the center of the zodiacal circle, conceived as a band including the noted constellations named on mythical themes. (30 words)
Example sentences (4)
It probably derives from plein ('to sail') because of the cluster's importance in delimiting the sailing season in the Mediterranean Sea : 'the season of navigation began with their heliacal rising '.
The heliacal rising of the next decan star marked the start of a new civil week, which was then ten days.
The Romans celebrated the heliacal setting of Sirius around April 25, sacrificing a dog, along with incense, wine, and a sheep, to the goddess Robigo so that the star's emanations would not cause wheat rust on wheat crops that year.
The term heliacal circle is used for the ecliptic, which is in the center of the zodiacal circle, conceived as a band including the noted constellations named on mythical themes.
Common combinations with heliacal
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: