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Webster 1913 Edition
Occultation
Ocˊcul-ta′tion
,Noun.
1.
(Astron.)
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.
2.
(Fig.:)
The state of being occult.
The reappearance of such an author after those long periods of
occultation
. Jeffrey.
Circle of perpetual occultation
. See under
Circle
.Webster 1828 Edition
Occultation
OCCULTA'TION
,Noun.
1.
a hiding; also, the time a star or planet is hid from our sight, when eclipsed by the interposition of the body of a planet.2.
In astronomy, the hiding of a star or planet from our sight, by passing behind some other of the heavenly bodies.