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Definition of 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. 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.

Meaning of occultation from wikipedia

- eclipse. The symbol for an occultation, and especially a solar eclipse, is (U+1F775 🝵).[not verified in body] The term occultation is most frequently used...
- The occult (from Latin: occultus, lit. 'hidden' or 'secret') is a category of esoteric or supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside...
- Islam, the Major Occultation (Arabic: ٱلْغَيْبَة ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ, al-Ghaybah al-Kubrā, 329 AH-present, 941 CE-present) is the second occultation of the Hidden...
- believe that their twelfth Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, is in occultation. During his Minor Occultation (874-941), the twelfth Imam is believed to have remained...
- Fecal occult blood, blood in the **** that is not visibly apparent Occultation, an event that occurs when one object is hidden from the observer by...
- grazing lunar occultation (also lunar grazing occultation, lunar graze, or just graze) is a lunar occultation in which as the occulted star disappears...
- six days and announced the beginning of the complete occultation, later called the Major Occultation, which continues to this day. The letter, ascribed...
- GNSS-Radio occultation instruments include CHAMP, GRACE and GRACE-FO, MetOp and the recently launched COSMIC-2. Atmospheric radio occultation relies on...
- Forces Occultes (Occult Forcessubtitled The Mysteries of Freemasonry Unveiled for the First Time on the Screen) is a French film of 1943, notable as...
- occult. This list shares a number of entries with the list of alchemical symbols as well as the list of sigils of demons. Iconography List of occult terms...