Definition of Evection

1. irregularity in the moon's motion [n -S]

Medical Definition of Evection

1. 1. The act of carrying up or away; exaltation. 2. An inequality of the moon's motion is its orbit to the attraction of the sun, by which the equation of the center is diminished at the syzygies, and increased at the quadratures by about 1 deg 20'. The libration of the moon. Origin: L. Evectio a going up, fr. Evehere to carry out; e out + vehere to carry: cf. F evection. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Evection

evasion
evasion
evasional
evasions
evasive
evasively
evasiveness
evasivenesses
evasive action
evasive answer
Eva Braun
Eva Le Gallienne
eve
Eve
evection (current term)
evection (current term)
evections
evejar
evejars
Evelyn Arthur Saint John Waugh
Evelyn Waugh
even
even
even-pinnate
even-pinnate
even-pinnate leaf
even-tempered
even-toed
even-toed ungulate
even-year runs

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