Definition of Heliac

1. Adjective. Pertaining to or near the sun; especially the first rising of a star after and last setting before its invisibility owing to its conjunction with the sun. "The heliacal or Sothic year is determined by the heliacal rising of Sothis (the Egyptian name for the Dog Star)"

Exact synonyms: Heliacal
Partainyms: Sun, Sun

Definition of Heliac

1. a. Heliacal.

Definition of Heliac

1. heliacal [adj] - See also: heliacal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heliac

Helenium puberulum
Helen Adams Keller
Helen Hayes
Helen Hunt Jackson
Helen Keller
Helen Laura Sumner Woodbury
Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson
Helen Newington Wills
Helen of Troy
Helen Porter Mitchell
Helen Traubel
Helen Wills
Helen Wills Moody
Heleodytes
heles
heliac (current term)
heliacal
heliacal
heliacally
Heliamphora
helianthemum
Helianthemum canadense
Helianthemum scoparium
helianthin
helianthine
helianthoid
helianthoidea
helianthus
helianthus
Helianthus angustifolius

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