occultation
An astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object is hidden by another…An astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object is hidden by another celestial object that passes between it and the observer when the nearer object appears larger and completely hides the more distant object.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)An astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object is hidden by another celestial object that passes between it and the observer when the nearer object appears larger and completely hides the more distant object.
Bedeckung, Okkultation, Verfinsterung
покрытиеpokrytije
покриттяpokryttja
(countable, uncountable)The state of being occult (“hidden, undetected”).
(Shia, countable, uncountable)The disappearance of the Twelfth Imam, or Mahdi, who is believed alive and present in this world, but hidden until his reappearance at the end of time.
- one celestial body obscures another
Translations
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Origin
From Latin occultātiōnem, accusative singular of occultātiō (“concealment; insinuation”),From Latin occultātiōnem, accusative singular of occultātiō (“concealment; insinuation”), from occultāre, present active infinitive of occultō (“to conceal, hide”); analysable as occult + -ation.
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Forms
plural: occultationsSynonyms
4 synonyms- one celestial body obscures another:eclipse
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable