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Word: Eclipse
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: from Old French e(s)clipse (noun), eclipser (verb), via Latin from Greek ekleipsis, from ekleipein ‘fail to appear, be eclipsed’, from ek ‘out’ + leipein ‘to leave’
ɪˈklɪps
an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination
Short Definition:obscuring of light from celestial body
Examples:- an eclipse of the sun
a phase during which the distinctive markings of a bird (especially a male duck) are obscured by moulting of the breeding plumage
Short Definition:phase when bird's markings are obscured
Examples:- eclipse plumage
Word: Eclipse
Speech Type: Verb
ɪˈklɪps
(of a celestial body) obscure the light from or to (another celestial body)
Short Definition:subject celestial body to eclipse
Examples:- Jupiter was eclipsed by the Moon
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