Definition of Evecteon
E*vec"tion (?). [L. evectio a going up, fr.
evehere to carry out; e out + vehere to carry:
cf. F évection.] 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°
20′. (b) The libration of the
moon. Whewell.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (astronomy) a periodic irregularity in the moon's motion, caused by the attraction of the sun.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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