eclipse
IPA: ɪkɫˈɪps
noun
- (astronomy) An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
- Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.
- (ornithology) A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
- Obscurity, decline, downfall.
verb
- (transitive) Of astronomical or atmospheric bodies, to cause an eclipse.
- (transitive, figurative) To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.
- (Irish grammar) To undergo eclipsis.
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Examples of "eclipse" in Sentences
- It is the only total eclipse of the three.
- Once Rahu approached with his mouth agape to eclipse the Sun.
- In the eclipsed conformation the torsional angle is minimized.
- The Church will be eclipsed, the world will be in consternation.
- A Lunar eclipse is when the moon is occluded by the Earth's shadow.
- As the article says, it went into an eclipse then was resuscitated.
- As it is, the section is threatening to eclipse the rest of the article.
- Any book on eclipses treats eclipse periodicity and lists the same cycles.
- Of these, the lineage of Eclipse is predominant in the modern Thoroughbred.
- A simulated view of the earth from the center of the moon at maximal eclipse.
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