occultation Definition

• Occultation ((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.

• Occultation ((n.))

  Fig.: The state of being occult.

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