occultation
n. obscuration, act of hiding from view; eclipse, obscuration of one celestial body by another closer celestial body (Astronomy); hiddenness, concealment; act of disappearing from view | ||||
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Occultation Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Occultation
(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.
(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.
(n.)
Fig.: The state of being occult.
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occultation
Noun
1. one celestial body obscures another
(synonym) eclipse
(hypernym) interruption, break
(hyponym) solar eclipse
(part-meronym) egress, emersion
Noun
1. one celestial body obscures another
(synonym) eclipse
(hypernym) interruption, break
(hyponym) solar eclipse
(part-meronym) egress, emersion
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occultation
occultation
\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.
similar words(1)
circle of perpetual occultation
occultation
\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.
similar words(1)
circle of perpetual occultation
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Machludiad
Machludiad = n. occultation
Machludiad = n. occultation
Occultation Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Glossary of Astrological Terms |
Occultation
Planets occasionally obscure other planets or stars temporarily. The Moon, transiting a variable orbit, does so frequently. The phenomenon is termed occultation to distinguish it from eclipses. An occultation is equal to a powerful total or partile conjunction. (To be actually partile, these bodies should at the time have the same lattitude and longitude.)
Planets occasionally obscure other planets or stars temporarily. The Moon, transiting a variable orbit, does so frequently. The phenomenon is termed occultation to distinguish it from eclipses. An occultation is equal to a powerful total or partile conjunction. (To be actually partile, these bodies should at the time have the same lattitude and longitude.)
Occultation Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Occultation
- In twelver Shi'ism the occultation is the name given to the disappearance of the Twelfth Imam. See also occult (disambiguation).
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) and can also be used in a general (non-astronomical) sense to describe when an object in the foreground occults (covers up) objects in the background. In the general sense, occultation applies to the visual scene from low-flying aircraft and in Computer-Generated Image (CGI) technology, where foreground objects obscure distant ones in a dynamic way as the scene changes.
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