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occultation - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'occultation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.
- Fig.: The state of being occult.