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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
evection /ɪˈvɛkʃ(ə)n/

▶noun Astronomy regular variation in the eccentricity of the moon's orbit around the earth, caused mainly by the sun's attraction.

– origin C17 (in the sense ‘elevation, exaltation’): from L. evectio(n-), from evehere ‘carry out or up’.

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