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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com evection • noun [mass noun] Astronomy regular variation in the eccentricity of the moon's orbit around the earth, caused mainly by the sun's attraction. — origin mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘elevation, exaltation’): from Latin evectio(n-), from evehere ‘carry out or up’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + vehere ‘carry’. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Celebrating the new edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Launching September 2007 Oxford Language Dictionaries Online: www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com Special offer disgo and busbi USB keys - preloaded with a 30 day trial of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: www.clever-stuff.ie We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008