See acronical on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1947, Constance Helmericks, Harmon Helmericks, We Live in the Arctic, page 259:",
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"text": "The heliacal rising of this star group, that is its rising with the sun, heralded the summer season, while its acronical rising, when it rose as the sun set, marked the beginning of winter, and led to the association of the group with the rainy season, and with floods, so often mentioned by the poets.",
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"ref": "1940, Osbert Sitwell, Escape with me!: An oriental sketch-book, page 307:",
"text": "Some sounds, such as the cries of the sellers of water in summer and charcoal in winter, persist, hour in and hour out, for the whole twenty-four, and form a background for the different acronical clamour that now rises.",
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