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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
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). It can also refer to any situation wherein an object in the foreground blocks from view (occults) an object in the background. In this general sense, occultation applies to the visual scene observed from low-flying aircraft (or computer-generated imagery) wherein foreground objects obscure distant objects dynamically, as the scene changes over time.

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occultation
Noun
1. one celestial body obscures another
(synonym) eclipse
(hypernym) interruption, break
(hyponym) solar eclipse
(part-meronym) egress, emersion


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occultation
nf. occultation, obscuration; concealing, hiding

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
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.
  

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