Mercury or Venus is said to be in inferior conjunction, when it is situated in the same longitude as the sun, and between that luminary and the earth.
·noun The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; associat...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
, in nautical astronomy, is when two bodies have the same longitude or right ascension. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
infĕrĭor, v. inferus, II. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
īnferior ius, adj.comp.of inferus, lower, further down : spatium, Cs.: locus (opp. superior): in i...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
·adj Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods. II. Inferior ·adj Junior or subordinate in...
Is the moon in conjunction with the sun at the time of new moon, both luminaries having then the sam...
When an inferior planet is situated in the same longitude as the sun, and has that luminary between ...
GERMA´NIA INFE´RIOR[GALLIA,p. 967.] ...
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
This name, the opposite of superior, is applied to Mercury and Venus, because they revolve in orbits...