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

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