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Occultation

Occultation Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Occultation? [n] one celestial body obscures another Synonyms \| Synonyms for Occultation: eclipse Related Terms \| Find terms related to Occultation: annular eclipse \| blackout \| blanketing \| blocking \| blotting out \| burial \| burying \| cementwork \| central eclipse \| cloaking \| clouding \| coating \| concealedness \| concealment \| coverage \| covering \| covering up \| covertness \| curtaining \| darkening \| deception \| dematerialization \| departure \| disappearance \| disappearing \| dispersion \| dissipation \| dissolution \| dissolving \| eclipse \| eclipsing \| elimination \| envelopment \| enwrapment \| enwrapping \| erasure \| evanescence \| evaporation \| extinction \| fadeaway \| fadeout \| fading \| going \| hiddenness \| hiding \| incrustation \| interment \| invisibility \| laying on \| lunar eclipse \| mantling \| masking \| melting \| mystification \| obduction \| obscuration \| obscurement \| obscuring \| overlaying \| overspreading \| pargeting \| partial eclipse \| passing \| plasterwork \| putting away \| screening \| secrecy \| secretion \| sheathing \| shielding \| shrouding \| solar eclipse \| stuccowork \| subterfuge \| superimposition \| superposition \| total eclipse \| uncommunicativeness \| upholstering \| upholstery \| vanishing \| vanishing point \| veiling \| wipe \| wrapping See Also \| break \| egress \| emersion \| immersion \| ingress \| interruption \| lunar eclipse \| partial eclipse \| solar eclipse \| total eclipse Occultation In Webster's Dictionary \Oc`cul*ta"tion\, n. [L. occultatio a hiding, fr. occultare, v. intens. of occulere: cf.F. occultation. See {Occult}.] 1. (Astron.) 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. Fig.: The state of being occult. The reappearance of such an author after those long periods of occultation. --Jeffrey. {Circle of perpetual occultation}. See under {Circle}.

Occultation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Occultation?

[n] one celestial body obscures another

Synonyms | Synonyms for Occultation: eclipse

Occultation In Webster's Dictionary

\Oc`cul*ta"tion\, n. [L. occultatio a hiding, fr.
occultare, v. intens. of occulere: cf.F. occultation. See
{Occult}.]
1. (Astron.) 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. Fig.: The state of being occult.

         The reappearance of such an author after those long
         periods of occultation.               --Jeffrey.

{Circle of perpetual occultation}. See under {Circle}.

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