occultation

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noun

Plural noun:

occultationsaccultation

1.
(countable, uncountable)(astronomy) An astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object is hidden by another celestial object that passes between it and the observer when the nearer object appears larger and completely hides the more distant object.
Đồng nghĩa: eclipse
2.
(countable, uncountable)The state of being occult (“hidden, undetected”).
Đồng nghĩa: hiddenness, invisibility, occultness
3.
(Shia, countable, uncountable)(Shia Islam) The disappearance of the Twelfth Imam, or Mahdi, who is believed alive and present in this world, but hidden until his reappearance at the end of time.

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eclipsehiddennessinvisibilityoccultness

Cùng gốc / liên quan

deoccultationlunar occultationnonoccultationpreoccultationeclipsesyzygy🝵

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thumb|The occultation of the Sun by the [[Moon during the solar eclipse of 11 August 1999. A total eclipse was visible mainly in Europe.]]