Definition:
- (n.) An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet.
- (n.) The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness.
- (v. t.) To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun.
- (v. t.) To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing.
- (v. i.) To suffer an eclipse.
Compare eclipse with other words:
eclipse vs. reflection
eclipse vs. occlusion
eclipse vs. eclipsed
eclipse vs. saros
deliquium vs. eclipse
eclipse vs. elapsed
eclipse vs. oval
eclipse vs. ellipse
eclipse vs. totality
eclipse vs. extinguish
eclipse vs. travail
eclipse vs. ingress
eclipse vs. penumbra
eclipse vs. overshadow
eclipse vs. shadow
eclipse vs. ecliptic
eclipse vs. object
eclipse vs. sun
eclipse vs. planetary
eclipse vs. syzygy
eclipse vs. occultation
eclipse vs. obfuscate