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Celestial Light Eclipse |ɪˈklɪps| Noun Obscuring Body Passage

Front eclipse
|ɪˈklɪps|
Back noun
1
an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination:
2
Ornithology
a phase during which the distinctive markings of a bird (especially a male duck) are obscured by moulting of the breeding plumage.
verb
(of a celestial body) obscure the light from or to (another celestial body):

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