(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) But this achievement was eclipsed by a surge in Labour support.
(2) The data are interpreted, on the basis of available crystallographic structures of chicken mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase, to indicate that in each case the alteration in 31P chemical shift results from a conformational change in the coenzyme 5' side chain, in which one of the structures involves a near-eclipsed pair of bonds.
(3) The inactivity of these drugs is rationalized in terms of eclipsed pharmacophore configurations and the increased population of unfavorable rotational conformations made possible by the exocyclic position of both pharmacophores.
(4) Greatest efficacy was seen when therapy began early in the infection, presumably while the virus was in its eclipse phase.
(5) I don't mean in the sense that the taxpayer would have to pick up the pieces if it went under, but in the sense that the social networking service has achieved a position of such dominance in the online ecosystem that its eclipse is unthinkable.
(6) The observation in the presence of 2-mercaptoethanol of electrophoretic bands corresponding to trimeric and higher cross-linked polypeptide chain species rules out the alternating ring and confirms the two-layered eclipsed model.
(7) Rescue kinetics of MSV, observed after murine leukemia virus (MuLV) superinfection of these "sarcoma-positive leukemia-negative (S + L -)" mouse 3T3 cells, consisted of a 9- to 12-hr eclipse period followed by simultaneous release of both MSV and MuLV with no evidence for release of infectious MSV prior to the production of progeny MuLV.
(8) It's debatable whether the success of the films has eclipsed the original diaries.
(9) The eclipse period for the A25 phage-host system was found to extend for 34 min, while the C1 phage were found as early as 10 min after infection.
(10) The Prestonpans factory was eclipsed by an even greater one – for a time it boasted the world’s highest chimney – that made bleach and sulphuric acid on the outskirts of Glasgow; and it was in Glasgow that some of the earliest cases of acid violence were recorded.
(11) Osborne had already been eclipsed by Brexiteer Boris Johnson in the hearts of many individual members, who tend to be more Eurosceptic than the Tory party in parliament.
(12) There was such power and experience in Chelsea's ranks that it always felt as if Arsenal's youth and invention might be eclipsed.
(13) It now finds itself within touching distance of becoming the biggest parliamentary force, eclipsing its more moderate rivals in the Labour party and on course to gain at least 30 parliamentary seats.
(14) The Howard-Dolman (H-D) is a version of Howard's stereoacuity test (H) which has almost completely eclipsed the original.
(15) The parainfluenza antigen became detectable by immunofluorescence in the infected cell perinuclear region after a relatively long eclipse period (18 h) and synthetized virus has few RNA and induced no inclusion information in the cytoplasm or the nucleus.
(16) It just eclipsed the end of BBC1's Casualty, which attracted 4.2 million viewers (17.5%) and John Bishop's Britain, which drew 3.4 million viewers (15.2%) across its entire run between 9.15pm and 10.15pm.
(17) "The speed with which the Labour party eclipsed the Liberal party in the early part of the last century was, in large part, because Labour better understood the need for such collectivist responses, especially at a time of war, and an internally divided Liberal party did not."
(18) Although historically the Marxist paradigm went into eclipse during the early twentieth century, the field has developed rapidly during recent years.
(19) She will also go head to head with another ITV export, James Goldston, who has been credited with rejuvenating ABC's Good Morning America, which has eclipsed NBC's Today from its longstanding position at number one in the breakfast ratings war.
(20) An estimated £810m was spent online by British shoppers on Friday, according to internet retail experts IMRG, a figure that eclipsed the £650m splurge predicted for Cyber Monday, and potentially means Boxing Day has been usurped as the biggest shopping day of the year once store sales are taken into account.
Sun
Definition:
(n.) See Sunn.
(n.) The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night; the central body round which the earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles, and its diameter about 860,000.
(n.) Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of orbs.
(n.) The direct light or warmth of the sun; sunshine.
(n.) That which resembles the sun, as in splendor or importance; any source of light, warmth, or animation.
(v. t.) To expose to the sun's rays; to warm or dry in the sun; as, to sun cloth; to sun grain.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, four of ten young adult outer arm (relatively sun-exposed) and one of ten young adult inner arm (relatively sun-protected) fibroblasts lines increased their saturation density in response to retinoic acid.
(2) On the other hand the TUC says people should also be prepared to be out in the sun for several hours and bring sunscreen and if possible a hat.
(3) However, patients can be taught how to retard the onset of wrinkles by avoiding unprotected sun exposure, unnecessary facial movements, and certain sleeping positions.
(4) A planet with conditions that could support life orbits a twin neighbour of the sun visible to the naked eye, scientists have revealed.
(5) Or perhaps the "mad cow"-fuelled beef war in the late 1990s, when France maintained its ban on British beef for three long years after the rest of the EU had lifted it, prompting the Sun to publish a special edition in French portraying then president Jacques Chirac as a worm.
(6) A parent who took his anti-Page 3 campaign to Legoland and Wapping is claiming victory after the Danish toymaker announced the end of its two-year partnership with the Sun.
(7) He poses a far greater risk to our security than any other Labour leader in my lifetime September 12, 2015 “Security” appears to be the new watchword of Cameron’s government – it was used six times by the prime minister in an article attacking Corbyn in the Times late last month, and eight times by the chancellor, George Osborne, in an article published in the Sun the following day.
(8) The Sun editor also said his newspaper was wrong to use the word "tran" in a headline to describe a transexual, saying that he felt that "I don't know this is our greatest moment, to be honest".
(9) It has emerged that Kelvin MacKenzie , who attacked the decision by Channel 4 News in his Sun column and called on readers to complain to the media regulator, did not in fact end up lodging a complaint himself.
(10) News International executives are also understood to have been testing the water for a potentially swift launch of a Sunday edition of the Sun as a replacement for NoW, which published the final issue in its 168-year history on Sunday, in conversations with advertisers and media buyers.
(11) The 48-year-old, who turned to acting after hanging up his boots, told the Sun on Sunday it is the greatest challenge he has come up against.
(12) Never had I heard anything about what I saw documented so unsparingly in Evan’s photographs: families sleeping in the streets, their clothes in shreds, straw hats torn and unprotecting of the sun, guajiros looking for work on the doorsteps of Havana’s indifferent mansions.
(13) The media mogul said he had spoken "very carefully under oath" at the Leveson inquiry on Wednesday, when he had said that Brown had pledged to "declare war" on his company in a phone call made at around the time the Sun came out in support of the Conservative party, on 30 September of that year.
(14) Then annually from 1985 to 1989, they received written recommendations about sun protection for a period of 2-6 years after the initial education.
(15) A sun protection factor (SPF)-15 and an SPF-30 sunscreen were compared with regard to their ability to prevent sunburn cell formation after the exposure of human skin to a standardized dose of solar-simulated radiation.
(16) He said the Sun was hugely profitable and had enjoyed a record year in 2010.
(17) Venus has a special place in the sun’s family of planets.
(18) This finding does not affirm the belief that protection of adult skin from exposure to the sun will reduce the risk from melanoma.
(19) The Fellowship combines the academic rigour of an MBA with the reflective and ideological framework of a wellness retreat in Bali; without the sun and spa treatments, but with the added element of the formidable Dame Mary Marsh, a great example of a woman leading as a former headteacher, charity chief executive, NED and leadership development campaigner.
(20) The beach curved around us and the sun shone while the rest of the UK shivered under grey skies and sleet.