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Evection
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What's The Definition Of Evection?Synonyms | Synonyms for Evection: Related Terms | Find terms related to Evection: See Also | Evection In Webster's Dictionary \E*vec"tion\ [L. evectio a going up, fr. evehere to
carry out; e out + vehere to carry: cf. F ['e]vection.]
1. The act of carrying up or away; exaltation. [Obs.] --Bp.
Pearson.
2. (Astron.)
(a) 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'.
(b) The libration of the moon. --Whewell.
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