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Occultation
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Meaning
Noun
●
In Astronomy:
An
astronomical
event
that
occurs
when one
celestial object
is
hidden
by another
celestial object
that
passes
between it and the
observer
when the
nearer
object
appears
larger
and
completely
hides
the more
distant
object
.
●
The
state of being
occult
(“hidden, undetected”).
●
In Shi'ism:
The
disappearance
of the Twelfth Imam, or Mahdi, who is
believed
alive
and present in this world, but
hidden
until his
reappearance
at the
end of
time.
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Synonyms
Eclipse
Hiddenness
Invisibility
Occultness
Accultation
Related
Eruption
Eclipse
Supernova
Annular Eclipse
Planetary Nebulae
Gravitational Redshift
Emission Nebula
Active Galactic Nuclei
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