![]() transitive verb To cause the obscuration of to darken or hide - said of a heavenly body.intransitive verb To suffer an eclipse. ![]() noun The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. noun (Astron.) 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.noun Figuratively, any state of obscuration an overshadowing a transition from brightness, clearness, or animation to the opposite state: as, his glory has suffered an eclipse.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.noun In astronomy, an interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other heavenly body, by the intervention of another heavenly body either between it and the eye or between it and the source of its illumination.To overshadow throw in the shade obscure hence, to surpass or excel.To obscure by an eclipse cause the obscuration of darken or hide, as a heavenly body: as, the moon eclipses the sun.transitive verb To obscure or diminish in importance, fame, or reputation.transitive verb To cause an eclipse of.noun A disgraceful or humiliating end a downfall.noun A fall into obscurity or disuse a decline.noun A temporary or permanent dimming or cutting off of light. ![]()
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