obscuration

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Solar eclipse, whereas in the case of a lunar eclipse the obscuration is the same in degree at all parts of the Earth where the Moon is visible.

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  1. The act of obscuring or darkening; the state of being darkened or obscured; the act or state of being made obscure or indistinct: as, the obscuration of the moon in an eclipse. Understanding hereby their cosmical descent, or their setting when the sun ariseth, and not their heliacal obscuration, or their inclusion, in the lustre of the sun. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., vi. 3. The mutual obscuration or displacement of ideas is wholly unaffected by the degree of contrast between them in content. Lotze, Microcosmus (trans.), I. 211.

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  • It is a more reasonable objection that the light itself is too often liable to obscuration,—that it stands erected upon a rock too often enshrouded by the mists of its encircling sea. —  English Men of Letters: Coleridge
  • In the case of the Lincoln MKS, the open-volume station was used to test multiple iterations of the sedan's centerstack at varying eye points, looking for the best possible placement of controls and displays for visibility, obscuration, find-ability and reach-ability. —  Reliable Plant Magazine
  • "If the dust causes a lot of obscuration, we lose the ability to image the ground," explains Christensen. —  SpaceRef Top Stories
  • They must be followed instantly, for dalliance with them means their obscuration, and the more we dally the more we invite erroneous impressions to cover intuition with a pall of conflicting moral phantasy born of illusions of the terrence will One condition is imposed by universal law_, and this we must obey. —  In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty
  • Its net contribution to the outcome is obscuration, distrust, and retardation at every point where it touches the fortunes of modern mankind. —  An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation
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  1. = French obscuration = Spanish obscuracion = Italian oscurazione, from Latin obscuratio(n-), a darkening, from obscurare, darken: see obscure, v.
 

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