Syzygy

Syzygy /ˈsɪzᵻdʒi/ may refer to:

Writing

• Syzygy (poetry), the combination of two metrical feet into a single unit
• Epirrhematic syzygy: a system of symmetrically corresponding verse forms in Greek Old Comedy, see Aristophanes#Dramatic structure

Fiction

• Syzygy, a novel by Michael G. Coney
• Syzygy (The X-Files), an episode of The X-Files
• Syzygy Darklock, a fictional character in the comic book series Dreadstar
• Syzygy, a character from the video game Unreal Tournament 2003
• It Wasn't Syzygy, a short story by Theodore Sturgeon

Music

• SYZYGY Records, an EDM label on SoundCloud.
• Syzygys, a Japanese band
• Syzygy, an alternative electronica music duo featuring Dominic Glynn
• "Syzygy", a track from the album Michael Brecker
• Syzygy (album), by Lynch Mob
• "Syzygy", a track by Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
• "Syzygy", a track by Gene Loves Jezebel on the album Kiss of Life
• " Syzygy", a track by Mickey Factz on the mixtape "Y-3"
• "Syzygy", an album by Lucrecia Dalt
• "Syzygy", an album by Blaue Blume
• "Syzygy, Part I", "Syzygy, Part II", and "Syzygy, Part III", tracks from the album Suns of the Tundra

Philosophy

• A concept in the philosophy of Vladimir Solovyov to denote 'close union'.
• A term used by Carl Jung to mean a union of opposites
• Syzygy (Gnosticism), female-male pairings of the emanations known as aeons

Companies

• Syzygy Co., an arcade game engineering company founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney.

Science

• An anatomical feature of crinoids
• In biology, the pairing of chromosomes in meiosis
• Syzygy (astronomy), a straight line configuration of three celestial bodies
• Syzygy (mathematics), a relation between the generators of a module

Games

• "Syzygy", a tablebase implementation of Chess.
• "Syzygy", a linking word game by Lewis Carroll, published in The Lady.
• "Syzygy", a Great Old One in the Fantasy Flight Games game Eldritch Horror, introduced in the expansion Strange Remnants.

See also

• Caledonian Antisyzygy, a term referring to the Scottish psyche and literature