Found 2 items, similar to Occultation.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: occultation occultation n : one celestial body obscures another [syn: eclipse]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Occultation Occultation \Oc`cul*ta"tion\, n. [L. occultatio a hiding, fr. occultare, v. intens. of occulere: cf. F. occultation. See Occult.] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Fig.:) The state of being occult. [1913 Webster] The reappearance of such an author after those long periods of occultation. --Jeffrey. [1913 Webster] Circle of perpetual occultation. See under Circle. [1913 Webster]