Occultation

[,ɒkʌl'teiʃәn]

Definition

(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.

Typist: Vern

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Eclipse.

Typist: Weldon