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1) Best 2) Disappearance 3) Event 4) Obscure 5) Occultation 6) Omen 7) Outdo 8) Outshine 9) Overshadow 10) Top 11) Transcend 12) Upse
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Obstruction of the light from a luminous body by another celestial body between it and the observer or between the luminous body and its illuminant.
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• (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. • (n.) An interception or obscuration of the l...
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in astronomy, complete or partial obscuring of a celestial body by another. An eclipse occurs when three celestial objects become aligned.[16 related articles]
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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 shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming betwe...
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A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth obscuring at least part of the Sun when viewed from Earth A lunar eclipse is less common and happens when the Earth passes between the Sun and Moon This causes the Earth's shadow to darken the Moon For eclipses to manifest, the Sun and Moon alignment must be in close pro...
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New dull plumage after breeding season, especially in ducks.
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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.
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E·clipse' intransitive verb To suffer an eclipse. « While the laboring moon
Eclipses at their charms.»
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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; -- said of a heavenly body; as, the moon
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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. See Ex- , and Loan .] 1.
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Any interference between the light from the Sun and the object being illuminated. The Moon frequently moves between the Earth and the Sun, blocking out the Sun's rays.
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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.
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Eclipse is a cultivated variety of potato.
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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 boilers providing a top speed of 36.7 knots and a range ...
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Eclipse is British slang for a very stupid person.
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An event that occurs when the shadow of a planet or moon falls upon a second body. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moons shadow falls upon Earth, which we see as the Moon blocking the Sun. When Earths shadow falls upon the Moon, it causes a lunar eclipse.
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solar=partial to total darkening of sun due to moon coming between Earth and sun, lunar=partial to total darkening due to Earth casting its shadow on a full moon.
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it is passage of an astronomical body through the shadow of another.
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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.
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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 between the Sun and the Moon.Solar EclipseWhen the E...
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occultation noun one celestial body obscures another
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Click images to enlargePassage of one astronomical body through the shadow of another. The term is usually used for solar and lunar eclipses. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun (which can happen only at new Moon), the Moon blocking the Sun's rays and casting a shadow on the Earth'...
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[ACT vocabulary] the phenomenon when one celestial body obscures another
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