Eclipse (Noun)
Meaning
One celestial body obscures another.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes directly between the Earth and the sun, blocking the sun's light.
- The coming lunar eclipse will be the first visible from our region this year.
- During a total eclipse, the moon completely covers the sun's surface, revealing the sun's corona.
- A total solar eclipse visible from our area occurs about once every hundred years.
- The observers waited with anticipation for the rare event where the Earth's shadow would cause an eclipse of the moon.