occultation

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"occultation," taken from the Latin word "occultÄ re," which means "to conceal."

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  1. noun The act of occulting or the state of being occulted.
  2. noun Astronomy The passage of a celestial body across a line between an observer and another celestial object, as when the moon moves between Earth and the sun in a solar eclipse.
  3. noun Astronomy The progressive blocking of light, radio waves, or other radiation from a celestial source during such a passage.
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  1. Middle English occultacion, from Latin occultātiō, occultātiōn-, from occultātus, past participle of occultāre, frequentative of occulere, to conceal; see occult.

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  1. = French occultation = Spanish ocultacion = Portuguese occultação = Italian occultazione, from Latin occultatio(n-), a hiding, concealing, from occultare, hide, conceal: see occult, v.
 

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