Occultation

Definition:

• (n.) 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.
• (n.) Fig.: The state of being occult.

Compare occultation with other words:

occultation vs. thrombosis

appulse vs. occultation

apparition vs. occultation

occult vs. occultation

eclipse vs. occultation

occultation vs. syzygy

allah vs. occultation

imam vs. occultation

object vs. occultation

observer vs. occultation

celestial vs. occultation

hidden vs. occultation

event vs. occultation

astronomical vs. occultation