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heliacal

US/hɪˈlaɪ.ə.kəl/

heliacal adjective: of or relating to the Sun, especially rising and setting with the sun.

Adjective

heliacal

  1. (rare) Of or relating to the Sun, especially rising and setting with the sun.
  2. Of or relating to the rising of a star when it first becomes visible just before sunrise in the eastern sky, having previously been made invisible by sunlight, or the analogous situation of its setting just after sunset.

heliacal meaning in Bengali and Kannada

heliacal in Bengali

সূর্যের, তার সাথে সম্পর্কিত

heliacal in Kannada

ಸೌರ, ಸೂರ್ಯನ, ಸೂರ್ಯನಿಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ

Origin of heliacal

From Ancient Greek ἡλιακός (hēliakós, “of the sun”) + -al. Appears in English first in the 16th century.

Words formed from heliacal

Questions about heliacal

What does heliacal mean?
Heliacal means of or relating to the Sun, especially rising and setting with the sun.
What is heliacal in Bengali?
Heliacal in Bengali is সূর্যের, তার সাথে সম্পর্কিত. See Heliacal meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is heliacal?
Heliacal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce heliacal?
Heliacal is pronounced /hɪˈlaɪ.ə.kəl/ (US).

Words near heliacal in the dictionary

  1. heli-skier
  2. heli-skiers
  3. heli-skiing
  4. heli-skis
  5. heliac
  6. heliacal
  7. heliacally
  8. heliacs
  9. Heliades
  10. heliair
  11. heliangolide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heliacal (page history and authors); heliacal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heliacal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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