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Definition of: evection
(i·vek′shən) noun Astron.
The largest inequality in the motion of the moon, due to the action of the sun, which causes periodic changes in the eccentricity of the moon′s orbit. [<LL evectio, -onis <evehere <e- out + vehere carry]
—e·vec′tion·al adjective
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