Occultation
Occultation , noun
[Latin occultatio a hiding, from occultare, v. intens. of occulere: compare French occultation. See Occult.]
1.
(Astronomy) 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.
2.
The state of being occult. [Figurative:]
The reappearance of such an author after those long periods of occultation.
Collocations (1)
Circle of perpetual occultation , See under Circle.