Eclipse
[ɪ'klɪps]
Definition
(noun.) one celestial body obscures another.
(verb.) cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention; 'The Sun eclipses the moon today'; 'Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies'.
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Definition
(n.) 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. 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. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet.
(n.) The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness.
(v. t.) To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun.
(v. t.) To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing.
(v. i.) To suffer an eclipse.
Edited by Craig
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Occultation.[2]. Obscuration.
v. a. [1]. Darken, obscure, dim.[2]. Cloud, veil, shroud, hide.[3]. Degrade, throw into the shade.
Editor: Mary
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Failure, obscuration, overshadowing, shading, diminution, outshining, outdoing,outrivalling
ANT:Illumination, effulgence, reappearance, brightness, lustre, renown, re-illumination,re-effulgence, foil
SYN:Obscure, outdo, outshine, overshadow, outvie, outrival, darken, shade,overcast, dim, cloud
ANT:Recommend, brighten, illustrate, enhance, heighten
Editor: Peter
Definition
n. an obscuration of one of the heavenly bodies by the interposition of another either between it and the spectator or between it and the sun: loss of brilliancy: darkness.—v.t. to hide a luminous body wholly or in part: to darken: to throw into the shade to cut out surpass.—p.adjs. Eclipsed′ darkened obscured; Eclips′ing darkening obscuring.—n. Eclip′tic the name given to the great circle of the heavens round which the sun seems to travel from west to east in the course of a year: a great circle on the globe corresponding to the celestial ecliptic.—adj. pertaining to an eclipse or the ecliptic.
Typist: Nathaniel
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of the eclipse of the sun, denotes temporary failure in business and other secular affairs, also disturbances in families. The eclipse of the moon, portends contagious disease or death.
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Examples
- In all other respects Fosco, on that memorable day, was Fosco shrouded in total eclipse. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- That eclipse was Robert; she had seen him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The eclipse was, however, the prime consideration, and Edison followed the example of his colleagues in making ready. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- With the same resolve to keep up a show of conversation he said, about seven o'clock in the evening, There's an eclipse of the moon tonight. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- A few years later, in 1878, Edison went to Wyoming with a group of astronomers, to test his tasimeter during an eclipse of the sun, and saw the land white to harvest. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Without him we should be good friends; but that six feet of puppyhood makes a perpetually-recurring eclipse of our friendship. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- That was a falsehood, but then I was not going to let any man eclipse me on surprising adventures, merely for the want of a little invention. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Clym, the eclipsed moonlight shines upon your face with a strange foreign colour, and shows its shape as if it were cut out in gold. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- They stood silently looking upon Eustacia, who, as she lay there still in death, eclipsed all her living phases. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She was twice as handsome as Becky, but the brilliancy of the latter had quite eclipsed her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Hence during a lunar eclipse the moon first enters the penumbra, then is totally eclipsed by the umbra, then emerges through the penumbra again. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He seemed the favourite child of fortune, and his untimely loss eclipsed the world, and shewed forth the remnant of mankind with diminished lustre. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Amy's dainty pen-and-ink work entirely eclipsed May's painted vases--that was one thorn. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Hosts of stars are visible to-night, though their brilliancy is eclipsed by the splendour of the moon. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The theory of lunar eclipses will be understood from Fig. 1, where _S_ represents the sun, _E_ the earth, and _M_ the moon. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Comets, meteors, an d eclipses were considered as omens portending pestilence, national disaster, or the fate of kings. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- At Cairo about the close of the tenth century the first accurate records of eclipses were made, and tables were constructed of the motions of the sun, moon, and planets. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Stars and planets may suffer eclipse, but the principal eclipses are those of the sun and the moon. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The average individual does not bother himself much about the calculation of eclipses, or the laws which govern the movements of an erratic comet. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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