Definitions of eclipse [ɪˈklɪps]

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Definition of 'eclipse'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) eclipse
the obscuring of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun

2.  eclipse
a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet, its moon, and the sun.

3.  eclipse
the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.

4.  eclipse
any obscuring of light.

5.  eclipse
a reduction or loss of splendor, status, or reputation.

6. (v.t.) eclipse
to cause to undergo eclipse:
The moon eclipsed the sun.

7.  eclipse
to make less outstanding or important by comparison; surpass.

Etymology: (1250–1300; < OF eclipse < L eclīpsis < Gk ékleipsis, der. of ekleípein to leave out, fail to appear )

Definition of 'eclipse'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) eclipse, occultation
one celestial body obscures another

2. (verb) overshadow, dominate, eclipse
be greater in significance than
"the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness"

3. (verb) eclipse, occult
cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention
"The Sun eclipses the moon today"; "Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies"

Definition of 'eclipse'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) eclipse
a period when the Moon or Sun becomes partly or completely hidden from sight
a total eclipse of the moon

Definition of 'eclipse'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) eclipse
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

2. (noun) eclipse
the loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness

3. (verb) eclipse
to cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun

4. (verb) eclipse
to obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing

5. (verb) eclipse
to suffer an eclipse

Translation of 'eclipse'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the disappearance of the whole or part of the sun when the moon comes between it and the earth, or of the moon when the earth's shadow falls across it When was the last total eclipse of the sun?
Afrikaans: verduistering, eklips	Arabic: كُسوف الشَّمْس، خُسوف الق	Bulgarian: слънчево затъмнение
Brazilian: eclipse	Czech: zatmění	German: die Finsternis
Danish: eklipse; solformørkelse	Greek: έκλειψη	Spanish: eclipse
Estonian: varjutus	Farsi: خسوف؛ کسوف	Finnish: auringonpimennys
French: éclipse	Hebrew: לִיקוּי	Hindi: चन्द्र-सूर्य ग्रहण
Croatian: pomrčina	Hungarian: fogyatkozás (napé, holdé)	Indonesian: gerhana
Icelandic: sólmyrkvi	Italian: eclissi	Japanese: 日〔月〕食
Korean: 천체의 물체가 다른 것에 의해 가려지는 것(일	Lithuanian: užtemimas	Latvian: aptumsums
Malay: gerhana matahari	Dutch: verduistering	Norwegian: sol-/måneformørkelse, ekl
Polish: zaćmienie	Persian: خسوف؛ کسوف	Pashto: خسوف يا كسوف، دلمر يا سپو
Portuguese: eclipse	Romanian: eclipsă	Russian: затмение
Slovak: zatmenie	Slovenian: mrk	Serbian: pomračenje
Swedish: förmörkelse, eklips	Thai: จันทรคราส (eclipse of the	Turkish: tutulma
Taiwanese: 日蝕, 月蝕	Ukrainian: сонячне затемнення	Urdu: گرہن
Vietnamese: nhật thực; nguyệt thực	Chinese: （天）食
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