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...
- religion Solar eclipses in fiction Solar eclipses on the Moon: Eclipse of the Sun by planet Earth, as seen from the Moon Lunar eclipse: Solar eclipse of the Moon...
- unlike solar eclipses, lunar eclipses are safe to view without any eye protection or special precautions. The symbol for a lunar eclipse (or any body...
- 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 228 lunar eclipses of which 86 will be penumbral, 57 will be partial and 85 will be total. Of the total eclipses, 24 will be central, in...
- This is a list of solar eclipses visible from the United States between 3000 and 2100. All eclipses whose path of totality or annularity p****es through...
- with a partial solar eclipse on August 21, 1664. It contains total eclipses from April 9, 2043 through October 2, 2331; hybrid eclipses from October 13, 2349...
- some solar eclipses begin at sunrise, and the Sun is seen after sunrise. In some eclipses, the Sun is partially visible, partially eclipsed in others....
- annular eclipses from October 3, 2043 through March 27, 2332; hybrid eclipses from April 7, 2350 through April 29, 2386; and total eclipses from May...
- Eclipses may occur repeatedly, separated by certain intervals of time: these intervals are called eclipse cycles. The series of eclipses separated by a...