Occultation

Occultation
Occultation Oc`cul*ta"tion, n. [L. occultatio a hiding, fr. occultare, v. intens. of occulere: cf. F. occultation. See {Occult}.] 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. [1913 Webster]

2. (Fig.:) The state of being occult. [1913 Webster]

The reappearance of such an author after those long periods of occultation. --Jeffrey. [1913 Webster]

{Circle of perpetual occultation}. See under {Circle}. [1913 Webster]


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  • occultation — [ ɔkyltasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1488; lat. occultatio 1 ♦ Astron. Disparition passagère (d un astre) par l interposition d un astre apparemment plus grand. ⇒ éclipse. Occultation d une étoile par la lune. 2 ♦ Action d occulter (une source lumineuse). 3 ♦… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Occultation — etc., s. Okkultation etc …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • occultation — index obscuration Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • occultation — (n.) early 15c., disguise or concealment of identity, from L. occultationem (nom. occultatio), noun of action from pp. stem of occultare, frequentative of occulere (see OCCULT (Cf. occult)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • occultation — [äk΄ul tā′shən] n. [ME occultacioun < L occultatio, a hiding < occultus: see OCCULT] 1. the state of becoming hidden or of disappearing from view 2. Astron. the disappearance of a celestial body behind a closer, apparently larger celestial… …   English World dictionary

  • Occultation — See also: Occult (disambiguation) In this July 1997 still frame captured from video, the bright star Aldebaran has just reappeared on the dark limb of the waning crescent moon in this predawn occultation. An occultation is an event that occurs… …   Wikipedia

  • Occultation — Pour le concept musulman, voir Occultation (islam). Une occultation est un phénomène de recouvrement apparent d un élément par un autre …   Wikipédia en Français

  • occultation — (o kul ta sion ; en vers, de cinq syllabes) s. f. 1°   Terme d astronomie. Passage d une étoile ou d une planète derrière la lune qui la cache ; d un satellite derrière sa planète. L occultation des satellites de Jupiter. •   Il [Aristote] a vu… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • occultation — /ok ul tay sheuhn/, n. 1. Astron. the passage of one celestial body in front of another, thus hiding the other from view: applied esp. to the moon s coming between an observer and a star or planet. 2. disappearance from view or notice. 3. the act …   Universalium

  • occultation — Eclipse E*clipse ([ e]*kl[i^]ps ), n. [F. [ e]clipse, L. eclipsis, fr. Gr. e kleipsis, prop., a forsaking, failing, fr. eklei pein to leave out, forsake; ek out + lei pein to leave. See {Ex }, and {Loan}.] 1. (Astron.) An interception or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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