Definition of eclipses. Meaning of eclipses. Synonyms of eclipses

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Definition of eclipses

Eclipse
Eclipse E*clipse", v. i. To suffer an eclipse. While the laboring moon Eclipses at their charms. --Milton.
Eclipse
Eclipse E*clipse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eclipsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Eclipsing.] 1. To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun. 2. To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing. ``His eclipsed state.' --Dryden. My joy of liberty is half eclipsed. --Shak.

Meaning of eclipses from wikipedia

- produce eclipses if the plane of the orbit of its constituent stars intersects the observer's position. For the special cases of solar and lunar eclipses, these...
- eclipses on June 12, 2029, and December 5, 2029, occur in the next lunar year eclipse set. Lists of solar eclipses List of films featuring eclipses Apollo–Soyuz:...
- unlike solar eclipses, lunar eclipses are safe to view without any eye protection or special precautions. The symbol for a lunar eclipse (or indeed, any...
- 224 solar eclipses of which 77 will be partial, 72 will be annular, 68 will be total and 7 will be hybrids between total and annular eclipses. Of these...
- There will be 230 lunar eclipses in the 21st century (2001–2100): 87 penumbral, 58 partial and 85 total. Eclipses are listed in sets by lunar years, repeating...
- partially. List of solar eclipses visible from Australia List of solar eclipses visible from the British Isles List of solar eclipses visible from China List...
- greatest number of eclipses in one year was five, in 1935, and one month, July 2000, had two eclipses. 29 May 1919: this total eclipse was photographed...
- forthcoming partial solar eclipses visible in Britain in the next fifteen years or so. For a complete list of solar eclipses visible from the United Kingdom...
- Eclipses of the Sun and of the Moon have been described by nearly every culture. In cultures without an astronomical explanation, eclipses were often attributed...
- the country. Solar eclipses visible as partial on the country for the 21st century "Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 1901 to 2000". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved...