Astronomy. An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either…
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| 释义 | the world > the universe > heavenly body > [noun] > state of being visible > eclipse (21) eclipsec1374 Astronomy. An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either… clipse1377 = eclipse, n. obscurationa1550 Astronomy. The concealment of a celestial object by another; occultation, eclipse. In later use also (more generally): the action of obscuring… defect1571 The failure of the moon, sun, or another celestial object to (fully) appear; an eclipse, an occultation. Obsolete. superation1585 Astronomy. The action of one celestial object appearing to pass another in the sky; = occultation, n. 2b. Obsolete. rare. travail1593 The eclipse of the sun, moon, etc.; frequently in in travail. Also: an instance of this; an eclipse. Cf. labour, n. 9. Obsolete. rare. occultation1601 Astronomy. The concealment of a celestial object by another interposed between it and the observer, as of a star or planet by the moon, or of a… deliquium1648 A failure or loss of light, in or as though in an eclipse of the sun. Chiefly figurative or in figurative contexts. Obsolete. immersion1690 Astronomy. The disappearance of a celestial body behind another or in its shadow, as in an occultation or eclipse: opposed to emersion. incidence1728 Astronomy. = immersion, n. 3. Subcategories:— by sun (2) — disappearance during (1) — middle of (1) — total (1) — state of being eclipsed (2) — action of (2) — period or phase of (1) — shadow (1) |
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