acronical

adj

1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable)Alternative form of acronycal.

   “Bring the star again to the eastern and western parts of the horizon—observe the two points of the ecliptic then on the western edge of the horizon—and the two corresponding days, will be the days of the star's acronical rising and setting.”

   “The moon in arctic regions is not acronical, as astronomers say; it does not rise at sunset or set at sunrise.”

   “Due to the revolution of the earth, heliacal and acronical phenomena are separated by six months of time for a given star.”

   “The heliacal rising of this star group, that is its rising with the sun, heralded the summer season, while its acronical rising, when it rose as the sun set, marked the beginning of winter, and led to the association of the group with the rainy season, and with floods, so often mentioned by the poets.”

2. (not-comparable)Occurring at sunset.

   “Some sounds, such as the cries of the sellers of water in summer and charcoal in winter, persist, hour in and hour out, for the whole twenty-four, and form a background for the different acronical clamour that now rises.”

   “In examining the esthetic importance of the wilderness I will not engage in the unprofitable task of evaluating the preciousness of different sorts of beauty, as, for instance, whether an acronical view over the Grand Canyon is worth more than the Apollo of Praxiteles.”

   “There was a faint rose acronical glow high in the room, the beginning of twilight.”

3. (not-comparable)Occurring at the end of life.

   “"Una vieja y sus re- cuerdos" is the acronical story of a woman reputedly 139 years of age when she related her life's work as partera (midwife), cocinera principal (head cook), and llavera (keeper of the keys) as well as duena (supervisor) of various shops at San Gabriel mission in the first half of the nineteenth century.”