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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἄκρονυξ (ákronux, nightfall) +‎ -al, one of the three poetic times for the rising and setting of stars, along with cosmical and heliacal.

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acronycal (not comparable)

  1. (astronomy, of a star) Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise

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