Definitions for occultation

occultation oc·cul·ta·tion

Spelling: [ok-uhl-tey-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌɒk ʌlˈteɪ ʃən/

Occultation is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 468 anagrams from letters in occultation (accilnoottu).

Definitions for occultation

noun

  1. Astronomy. the passage of one celestial body in front of another, thus hiding the other from view: applied especially to the moon's coming between an observer and a star or planet.
  2. disappearance from view or notice.
  3. the act of blocking or hiding from view.
  4. the resulting hidden or concealed state.

Origin of occultation

1375-1425; late Middle English Latin occultātiōn- (stem of occultātiō) a hiding, equivalent to occultāt(us) (past participle of occultāre to conceal, keep something hidden, frequentative of o

Examples for occultation

I was, in particular, struck with the effect of the occultation of Principle on motives.

By occultation is meant, as is well known, the eclipse of the body through passing into the shadow of its parent planet.

Gil Blas himself goes through a long period of occultation, and the whole rather drags.

The phenomenon illustrated is called the "occultation" of the planet.

On this evening there was to be an occultation of a star at the moon's dark limb.

An occultation of Mercury by Venus was observed with a telescope on May 17, 1737.

I was disappointed in my hope of obtaining an observation of an occultation, which took place about midnight.

The disappearance of a star by the interposition of the moon is called an "occultation."

The night was mild, with a very clear sky; and I obtained a very excellent observation of an occultation of Tau.

Frequent observations of stars passing behind the moon in occultation have satisfied astronomers on this point.

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