different between zodiacal vs nonzodiacal

English

Etymology

zodiac +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?zo?.?da?.?.k?l/

Adjective

zodiacal (comparative more zodiacal, superlative most zodiacal)

1. (astronomy, astrology) Of or pertaining to the zodiac.
   • 1683, Thomas Browne, “Observations upon Several Plants Mention’d in Scripture” in Certain Miscellany Tracts, London: Charles Mearn, p. 3,^[1]

     […] in some passages of the Old Testament they think they discover the Zodiacal course of the Sun […]

   • 1912, Mary Webb Artois (translator), Through the Desert by Henryk Sienkiewicz, New York: Benziger Brothers, Chapter 14,^[2]

     For several evenings the pale twinkling of the somber zodiacal stars lighted up the west side of the heavens for some time after the sun had set.

   • 1959, Muriel Spark, Memento Mori, New York: New Directions, 2000, Chapter 2,

     She knew by heart everyone’s Zodiacal sign.

Derived terms

• exozodiacal
• zodiacal band
• zodiacal light
• zodiacal parallel

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?.dja.kal/

Adjective

zodiacal (feminine singular zodiacale, masculine plural zodiacaux, feminine plural zodiacales)

1. zodiacal

Further reading

• “zodiacal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Adjective

zodiacal m or f (plural zodiacais)

1. zodiacal

Related terms

• zodíaco

Portuguese

Etymology

From zodíaco +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /zo.?d??i.a.?kaw/

Adjective

zodiacal m or f (plural zodiacais, not comparable)

1. (astrology) zodiacal (of or pertaining to the zodiac)

Related terms

• zodíaco

Romanian

Etymology

From French zodiacal

Adjective

zodiacal m or n (feminine singular zodiacal?, masculine plural zodiacali, feminine and neuter plural zodiacale)

1. zodiacal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From zodiaco +? -al.

Adjective

zodiacal (plural zodiacales)

1. zodiacal

Derived terms

• luz zodiacal f
• signo zodiacal m

English

Etymology

non- +? zodiacal

Adjective

nonzodiacal (not comparable)

1. Not zodiacal.