Obscuration

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the state of being obscured
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being obscured.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 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.
  • Word Usage
    "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."
    Cross Reference
    darkening    hiding   
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