- 1. 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. Source: opted
- 2. n. Fig.: The state of being occult. Source: opted
- 3. n. one celestial body obscures another Source: wordnet
- 4. 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. Source: webster
- 5. The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the intervention ofsome other of the heavenly bodies; -- applied especially to eclipsesof stars and planets by the moon, and to the eclipses of satellitesof planets by their primaries. Source: adambom
- 6. n:100 n one celestial body obscures another Source: ecdict
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