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单词 baily's beads
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Baily's beads


Bai·ly's beads

B5032200 (bā′lēz)pl.n. Dots or patches of sunlight visible along the edge of the darkened moon's disk in the seconds before and after totality during a full solar eclipse, caused by sunlight passing through valleys in the moon's uneven topography.
[After Francis Baily (1774-1844), British astronomer who first observed them in 1836.]

Baily's beads

(ˈbeɪlɪz) pl n (Astronomy) the brilliant points of sunlight that appear briefly around the moon, just before and after a total eclipse[C19: named after Francis Baily (died 1844), English astronomer who described them]

Bai′ly's beads′

(ˈbeɪ liz)
n.pl. spots of sunlight encircling the moon immediately before and after a total solar eclipse. [1865–70; after Francis Baily (1774–1844), English astronomer]

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[Gr.,=failing], in astronomy, partial or total obscuring of one celestial body by the shadow of another. Best known are the lunar eclipses, which occur when the earth blocks the sun's light from the moon, and solar eclipses, occurring when the moon blocks the sun's light
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Baily's beads

A string of brilliant points of sunlight sometimes seen, very briefly, at the Moon's edge just before or just after totality in a solar eclipse. They are the result of sunlight shining through the valleys on the Moon's limb as the Sun just disappears or emerges from behind the Moon. They were first described by Francis Baily after the eclipse of 1836. See also diamond-ring effect.

Baily's beads

[′bāl‚ēz ¦bēdz] (astronomy) Bright points of sunlight appearing around the edge of the moon just before and after the central phase of a total solar eclipse.
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