Definitions for zodiac

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zodiac zo·di·ac

Spelling: [zoh-dee-ak]

IPA: /ˈzoʊ diˌæk/

Zodiac is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 78 anagrams from letters in zodiac (acdioz).

Definitions for zodiac

noun

1. an imaginary belt of the heavens, extending about 8° on each side of the ecliptic, within which are the apparent paths of the sun, moon, and principal planets. It contains twelve constellations and hence twelve divisions called signs of the zodiac. Each division, however, because of the precession of the equinoxes, now contains the constellation west of the one from which it took its name. Compare sign of the zodiac.
2. a circular or elliptical diagram representing this belt, and usually containing pictures of the animals, human figures, etc., that are associated with the constellations and signs.
3. a circuit or round.

Origin of zodiac

1350-1400; Middle English zodiaque Latin zōdiacus Greek zōidiakòs (kýklos) signal (circle), equivalent to zṓidi(on) animal sign (zô(ion) animal + -idion diminutive suffix) + -akos Examples for zodiac

Leo is strategic, the queen on the chessboard, the prime mover of the zodiac.

For the Equinoctial Circle does not cut the zodiac at right angles.

This second zodiac sign rules the human age of innocence, 7-14 years.

He set in heaven the Stars of the zodiac which are their likenesses.

People born in this period are represented in the zodiac by the symbolism of the twins.

It is decorated with the "signs of the zodiac" and "symbols of the months."

The zodiac mod vaporizer I admired behind the glass in BeyondVape is gorgeous, but it also costs $220.

On the probable Chinese origin of the zodiac see Schlegel, loc.

From the resourceful rat to the fertile pig, the 12 zodiac heads ostensibly represent different periods in the Chinese calendar.

zodiac signs correspond to seven-year spans of life; Cancer, with college and coming of age.