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Syzygy /ˈsɪzɪdʒi/ (from Greek Συζυγία "conjunction, yoked together") may refer to:

Science

• Syzygy (astronomy), a collinear configuration of three celestial bodies
• Syzygy (mathematics), relations between generators of modules
• Syzygy, in biology, the pairing of chromosomes during meiosis
• Syzygy endgame tablebases, used by chess engines

Philosophy

• Syzygy, a concept in the philosophy of Vladimir Solovyov denoting "close union"
• Syzygy, a term used by Carl Jung to mean a union of opposites, as in Eros (concept) § Carl Jung
• Syzygy, female–male pairings of the emanations known as Aeon (Gnosticism)

Literature

• Epirrhematic syzygy: a system of symmetrically corresponding verse forms in Greek Old Comedy
• "It Wasn't Syzygy", a short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• Syzygy, a novel by Michael G. Coney
• Syzygy (novel), a novel by Frederik Pohl
• Syzygy (poetry), the combination of two metrical feet into a single unit
• Syzygy Darklock, a fictional character in the comic book series Dreadstar

Film, television, and games

• Atari, Inc., the successor to the Syzygy Co.
• "Syzygy" (The X-Files), a 1996 episode of the science fiction series
• Syzygy, a Robot character from the video game Unreal Tournament 2003
• Syzygy, a game for the Dragon 32 home computer, published by Microdeal
• Syzygy, a linking word game by Lewis Carroll, published in The Lady magazine
• Syzygy, a Great Old One in the game Eldritch Horror (board game), introduced in the expansion Strange Remnants
• Syzygy, a tablebase implementation of chess
• Syzygy Co., an arcade game engineering company co-founded by Nolan Bushnell
• SYZYGY, the title of Chapter 4 of Part 2 of the Netflix series The OA

Music

• Syzygy, an alternative electronica music duo featuring Dominic Glynn
• Syzygy, composition by Del Tredici
• Syzygys (band), a Japanese band

Albums

• Syzygy (EP), 1998, by Lynch Mob

Songs

• "Syzygy", a track from the 1987 album Michael Brecker
• "Syzygy", a track by Gene Loves Jezebel on the 1990 album Kiss of Life
• "Syzygy, Part I", "Syzygy, Part II", and "Syzygy, Part III", tracks from the 2004 album Suns of the Tundra
• "Syzygy", a track by Los Angeles Guitar Quartet on the 2012 LAGQ: Latin album
• "Syzygy", a track by Mickey Factz on the 2015 mixtape "Y3"
• "Syzygy", a track by Laurel Halo on the 2017 album Dust

See also

• Caledonian Antisyzygy, a term referring to the Scottish psyche and literature

• Disambiguation pages