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Look up: eclipse

  1. Eclipse
    Eclipse is British slang for a very stupid person.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. ECLIPSE
    A Prolog + CLP compiler from ECRC.
    Found on http://foldoc.org/ECLIPSE

  3. eclipse
    The cutting off of light from one celestial body by another.
    Found on http://www.solarviews.com/eng/terms.htm

  4. eclipse
    The cutting off, or blocking, of light from one celestial body by another.
    Found on http://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/help/dictio

  5. eclipse
    [n] - one celestial body obscures another 2. [v] - cause an eclipse of 3. [v] - cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. Eclipse
    When a celestial body passes in front of another (eg the moon in front of the Sun).
    Found on http://www.solarspace.co.uk/Glossary.php

  7. Eclipse
    A chance alignment between the Sun, or any other celestial object, and two other celestial objects in which one body blocks the light of the Sun, or other body, from the other. In effect, the outer object moves through the shadow of the inner object.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  8. Eclipse
    A chance alignment between the Sun and two other celestial objects within the solar system in which one body blocks the light of the Sun from the other. In effect, the outer object moves through the shadow of the inner object.Lunar EclipseWhen the Moon enters the Earth's shadow as the Earth moves be...
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  9. eclipse
    an obscuration of light from a source by an intervening body Category: The cosmos
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  10. Eclipse
    E·clipse' (e*klĭps') noun [ French éclipse , Latin eclipsis , from Greek 'e`kleipsis , prop., a forsaking, failing, from 'eklei`pein to leave out, forsake; 'ek out + lei`pein to leave. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/6

  11. Eclipse
    E·clipse' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Eclipsed (e*klĭpst'); present participle & verbal noun Eclipsing .] 1. To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/6

  12. Eclipse
    E·clipse' intransitive verb To suffer an eclipse. « While the laboring moon Eclipses at their charms.» Milton.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/6

  13. eclipse
    1. <astronomy> An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  14. eclipse
    occultation noun one celestial body obscures another
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  15. eclipse
    verb cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention; `The Sun eclipses the moon today`; `Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  16. eclipse
    verb cause an eclipse of; of celestial bodies; `The moon eclipsed the sun`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  17. Eclipse
    • (v. i.) To suffer an eclipse. • (v. t.) To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun. • (n.) The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness. &...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  18. eclipse
    in astronomy, complete or partial obscuring of a celestial body by another. An eclipse occurs when three celestial objects become aligned.[16 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/8

  19. eclipse
    eclipse, eclipses, eclipser, eclipsed, eclipsing 1. In astronomy, the partial or complete hiding from view of a celestial body; that is, the Sun or Moon, when another celestial body comes between it and the observer. 2. A loss or blocking of light. 3. A loss of status, power, or favor.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  20. Eclipse
    Eclipse is British slang for a very stupid person.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  21. Eclipse
    HMS Eclipse was a British Eclipse Class destroyer of 1375 tons displacement launched in 1934 and sunk during the Second World War. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; six smaller guns; two depth-charge throwers and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes. She was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boiler...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  22. ECLIPSE
    The obscuring of one celestial body by another. Related terms: lunar eclipse and solar eclipse
    Found on http://www.weather.com/glossary/e.html

  23. eclipse
    event obscuring the sun or moon
    Found on http://www.eslgold.com/acad_vocab_defini

  24. eclipse
    eclipse (ēklips', i–) [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 su...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08167

  25. Eclipse
    An eclipse is the interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon or other heavenly body by the intervention of another and non-luminous heavenly body. Stars and planets may suffer eclipse, but the principal eclipses are those of the sun and the moon.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow



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On 10th February 1996, a computer, Deep Blue, beat Russian Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player on the planet, and mankind’s place in the order of things was reshuffled. The match immediately became an iconic symbol of the advances made in artificial intelligence and supercomputing. Kasparov has since retired, like Deep Blue, which now resides in a museum. He has become a vocal advocate for democracy in today’s Russia. read more

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