zodiacalhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zodiacal_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezodiacal, adj.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zodiacaladjective

    1. a.
      1576–
      Of, pertaining to, or situated in the zodiac.
      1. 1576
        The yerely course of the Sunne throgh the .12. signes Zodiacall.
        A. Fleming, translation of G. Macropedius in Panoplie of Epistles 372
      2. a1682
        The Northern Zodiacal Signs.
        Sir T. Browne, Christian Morals (1716) iii. 121
      3. 1694
        Before the full revolution of a Zodiacal Girdle [i.e. before the completion of a year].
        P. A. Motteux, translation of F. Rabelais, 5th Book of Works Philos. Cream 256
      4. 1715
        By the help of the Moon,..they placed this Zodiacal Armilla in such a situation as was agreeable to the present moment of time.
        translation of D. Gregory, Elements of Astronomy vol. I. ii. §29. 304
      5. 1847
        Pearson's [catalogue] has 520 zodiacal stars.
        W. Whewell, History of Inductive Science (revised edition) vol. II. 317
      6. 1878
        The zodiacal constellations occupy quite unequal spaces in the heavens.
        S. Newcomb, Popular Astronomy i. i. 18
    2. b.
      1734–
      zodiacal light noun
      A tract of nebulous light extending along the zodiac on each side of the sun in the form of an elongated ellipse; in the temperate zones visible chiefly after sunset in late winter and early spring, and before sunrise in autumn.
      1. 1734
        The Zodiacal Light is the purer unmixed Atmosphere of the Sun.
        J. Eames in Philosophical Transactions 1733–4 (Royal Society) vol. 38 244
      2. 1849
        [Professor Olmsted] agrees with La Place in thinking that the zodiacal light is a nebulous body, revolving in the plane of the solar equator.
        M. Somerville, On Connexion of Physical Science (ed. 8) xxxvii. 449
      3. 1876
        The zodiacal light, which obviously cannot possibly be part of the gaseous atmosphere of the sun.
        P. G. Tait, Lectures on Recent Advances in Physical Science x. 259
      4. 1879
        The Zodiacal light is supposed to be the remains of the great nebula out of which the solar system was constructed.
        Cassell's Technical Educator (new edition) vol. IV. 411/2

zodiacal, adj. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zodiacal, adj. was last modified in June 2024.