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Occultation

noun
1.
One celestial body obscures another.  Synonym: eclipse.





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"Occultation" Quotes from Famous Books



... the astronomer of the Government had referred him to the postmaster at Rahway, "Prognosticator" of the meteorological column in The Courier, who would be instructed to give Mr. Osgood every help, especially as the occultation of Venus was near. Men do not send letters by post in a new country when personal communication is possible, and John Osgood was asked by his father to go to Rahway. When John wished for the name of this ...
— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker


Words linked to "Occultation" :   total eclipse, solar eclipse, lunar eclipse, emersion, immersion, egress, ingress, partial eclipse, break, interruption


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