| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | e·vec·tion |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -v k sh n |
| NOUN: | Solar perturbation of the lunar orbit. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin  vecti , vectin-, a going up, from vectus, past participle of vehere, to raise up : -, ex-, up from; see ex– + vehere, to carry; see wegh- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | e·vection·al —ADJECTIVE
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