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Zodiack

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Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

The zodiac, or the belt of constellations used in astrology and astronomy. The spelling is older and literary.

Detailed Definition
Bradstreet writes “in’s Zodiack” to place the sun within the zodiacal band of the heavens. The term belongs to older astronomical and astrological vocabulary, and the archaic spelling can make it less immediately familiar to modern readers.
Example
Example in poetry:
“My Sun is gone so far in’s Zodiack” — seventeenth-century spelling; “Zodiack” is an older form of “zodiac,” the belt of celestial signs; The sun crossed the Zodiack into wintry Capricorn; Astrological language can connect human fate, season, and cosmic order
Additional Notes
The word “Zodiack” in “My Sun is gone so far in’s Zodiack” is an older, specialized astronomical term.; Found in the poem, A Letter to her Husband, absent upon Publick employment by Anne Bradstreet
Also Known As
horoscope astrological sign zodiacal sign celestial chart
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