Look up: occultation

1. occultation
   The blockage of light by the intervention of another object; a planet can occult (block) the light from a distant star.
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2. occultation
   The blockage of light by the intervention of another object; a planet can occult (block) the light from a distant star.
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3. Occultation
   an eclipse by the Moon of a planet or star.
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4. Occultation
   The covering-up of one celestial object by another. For example, a total solar eclipse is an occultation of the Sun by the Moon.
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5. Occultation
   Interruption of the light from an object to an observer when a body in interposed.
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6. occultation
   a relatively brief interval of darkness,in comparison with the longest interval of light in the same character Category: Transport
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7. Occultation
   Oc`cul·ta'tion noun [ Latin occultatio a hiding, from occultare , v. intens. of occulere : confer French occultation . See Occult .] 1. (Astron.) The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the interve...
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8. occultation
   1. <astronomy> The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; applied especially to eclipses of stars and planets by the moon, and to the eclipses of satellites of planets by their primaries. ... 2. The state of being occult. 'The reappearanc...
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9. Occultation
   • (n.) Fig.: The state of being occult. • (n.) The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; -- applied especially to eclipses of stars and planets by the moon, and to the eclipses of satellites of planets by their primaries.
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10. occultation
    complete obscuration of the light of an astronomical body, most commonly a star, by another astronomical body, such as a planet or a satellite. ... [5 related articles]
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11. occultation
    occultation (ok"ultā'shun) , in astronomy, eclipse of one celestial body by another, e.g., when the moon lies between a star and the earth. Occultations of stars by the moon are important in astronomy. Since stellar positions are very accurately known, the time and position of an occul...
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12. Occultation
    In astronomy, occultation is the temporary obscuring of a star by a body in the solar system.
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13. Occultation
    The act of one celestial body obscuring another as a result of moving between the observer and the object being observed. The most well known occultations are the lunar and solar eclipses.
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14. Occultation
    An `occultation` is an event that occurs when one object is hidden by another object that passes between it and the observer. The word is used in astronomy (see below). It can also refer to any situation wherein an object in the foreground blocks from view (occults) an object in the background. In t...
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