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Heliacal Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Heliacal has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

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 rising of the Dog Star"

"the heliacal or Sothic year is determined by the heliacal rising of Sothis (the Egyptian name for the Dog Star)"

2

Of or relating to the Sun, especially rising and setting with the sun.

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cal ical kcal fecal jacal bocal decal mucal focal local cocal ducal cecal tical vocal socal mescal plical fiscal laical
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