sign of the zodiac

sign of the zodiac
noun
(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
• Syn: ↑star sign, ↑sign, ↑mansion, ↑house, ↑planetary house
• Topics: ↑astrology, ↑star divination
• Hypernyms: ↑region, ↑part
• Instance Hyponyms:
• Part Holonyms: ↑zodiac

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Astrol.
1. one of the twelve constellations along the path of the ecliptic.
2. (in contemporary Western astrology) one of the twelve divisions of the ecliptic, each consisting of 30 degrees, marked off from the point of the vernal equinox. See illus. at zodiac.
[1865-70]

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sign of the zodiac,
any one of the 12 zodiacal divisions.

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