English words for 'plural of total eclipse'
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- (astronomy) The great circle on the celestial sphere that is the mean apparent path of the sun as viewed from the earth.
- (astronomy) The plane in which this great circle lies.
- (geometry) A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.
- the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator
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- Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.
- (ornithology) A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
- (astronomy) An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
- Obscurity, decline, downfall.
- one celestial body obscures another
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- (astronomy) The area on the earth or moon experiencing the total phase of an eclipse.
- The fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object.
- One of genus Umbrina of drums (family Sciaenidae).
- (mathematics) An element of the umbral calculus.
- (astronomy) The central region of a sunspot.
- (chiefly literary) A shadow.
- One of the family Umbridae of mudminnows.
- a region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light
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- (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged
- the act of wetting something by submerging it
- sinking until covered completely with water
- (mathematics) A smooth map whose differential is everywhere injective, related to the mathematical concept of an embedding.
- (art) A creative relationship with one's social and ecological environment as practiced by the Brooklyn Immersionists.
- Deep engagement in something.
- (education) A form of foreign-language teaching where the language is used intensively to teach other subjects to a student.
- The total submerging of a person in water as an act of baptism.
- (astronomy) The disappearance of a celestial body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite.
- (British, Ireland, informal) An immersion heater.
- One's suspension of disbelief while reading, playing a video game, etc. The experience of losing oneself in a fictional world.
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- (astronomy) The area on the earth or moon experiencing the total phase of an eclipse.
- The fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object.
- One of genus Umbrina of drums (family Sciaenidae).
- (mathematics) An element of the umbral calculus.
- (astronomy) The central region of a sunspot.
- (chiefly literary) A shadow.
- One of the family Umbridae of mudminnows.
- a region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light
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noun
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noun
- (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged
- the act of wetting something by submerging it
- sinking until covered completely with water
- (mathematics) A smooth map whose differential is everywhere injective, related to the mathematical concept of an embedding.
- (art) A creative relationship with one's social and ecological environment as practiced by the Brooklyn Immersionists.
- Deep engagement in something.
- (education) A form of foreign-language teaching where the language is used intensively to teach other subjects to a student.
- The total submerging of a person in water as an act of baptism.
- (astronomy) The disappearance of a celestial body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite.
- (British, Ireland, informal) An immersion heater.
- One's suspension of disbelief while reading, playing a video game, etc. The experience of losing oneself in a fictional world.
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verb
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- Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.
- (ornithology) A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
- (astronomy) An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
- Obscurity, decline, downfall.
- one celestial body obscures another
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adj
noun
- (astronomy) The great circle on the celestial sphere that is the mean apparent path of the sun as viewed from the earth.
- (astronomy) The plane in which this great circle lies.
- (geometry) A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.
- the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator