eclipse /i-klipsˈ/

1. The total or partial disappearance of a heavenly body by the interposition of another between it and the spectator, or by passing into its shadow (it can be total, partial or annular (qv))
2. An overshadowing
3. Loss of brilliancy
4. Darkness
5. Loss of fame or importance

1. To hide completely or partially
2. To darken
3. To overshadow, cut out or surpass

eclipˈtic noun (astronomy)

1. The great circle in which the plane containing the centres of the earth and sun cuts the celestial sphere
2. The apparent path of the sun's annual motion among the fixed stars
3. A great circle in which that plane cuts the earth's surface at any moment

Characteristic of or belonging to an eclipse or the ecliptic

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