OCCULTATION DEFINITIONS - 7 definitions found
occultation n 1: one celestial body obscures another [syn: eclipse, occultation] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) occultation noun Date: 15th century 1. the state of being hidden from view or lost to notice 2. the interruption of the light from a celestial body or of the signals from a spacecraft by the intervention of a celestial body; especially an eclipse of a star or planet by the moon Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. --Jeffrey. Circle of perpetual occultation. See under Circle. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Perpetual \Per*pet"u*al\, a. [OE. perpetuel, F. perp['e]tuel, fr. L. perpetualis, fr. perpetuus continuing throughout, continuous, fr. perpes, -etis, lasting throughout.] Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time; unfailing; everlasting; continuous. Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. --Shak. Perpetual feast of nectared sweets. --Milton. Circle of perpetual apparition, or occultation. See under Circle. Perpetual calendar, a calendar so devised that it may be adjusted for any month or year. Perpetual curacy (Ch. of Eng.), a curacy in which all the tithes are appropriated, and no vicarage is endowed. --Blackstone. Perpetual motion. See under Motion. Perpetual screw. See Endless screw, under Screw. Syn: Continual; unceasing; endless; everlasting; incessant; constant; eternal. See Constant. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms occultation n. Eclipse, occulting. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 85 Moby Thesaurus words for "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 |
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