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Eclipse

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Meaning

Noun

●
In Astronomy:
An
of
whereby one
the
(or
) and another
, thus
the latter.
●
Especially, an
whereby a
(
, the Moon)
the Sun and another
(
, the Earth),
in a
being
by the
onto the other
.
●
In Ornithology:
A
state of
in some
,
,
after the
and
by a
and
appearance.
●
Obscurity,
, downfall.

Verb

●
Of
or
, to cause an eclipse.
●
To
; to be better or more
than.
●
To
eclipsis.
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Origin

eclipse
English
arrow
eclipsis
Latin
arrow
ἔκλειψις
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
arrow
ἐκλείπω
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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Etym

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