Definition of Total eclipse

1. Noun. An eclipse as seen from a place where the eclipsed body is completely obscured.

Generic synonyms: Eclipse, Occultation

Definition of Total eclipse

1. Noun. An eclipse in which the eclipsed body is completely obscured to the viewer. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Total Eclipse

total body hypothermia
total body irradiation
total body water
total breech extraction
total cataract
total catecholamine test
total cell count
total cholesterol
total clearance
total clearances
total cleavage
total cystectomy
total darkness
total depravity
total dissolved solids
total eclipse (current term)
total elasticity of muscle
total end-diastolic diameter
total end-systolic diameter
total energy
total facial index
total fertility rate
total football
total haematuria
total heat
total hyperopia
total hysterectomy
total internal reflection
total internal reflections
total internal reflexion

Literary usage of Total eclipse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"11 Pop Astron 27:463 Ag '19 total eclipse of the moon. January 7-8. 1917. W: F. Rigge. diag Pop Astron 25:17-18 Ja '17 total eclipse of the moon of 1917, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Here three cases result: (1) The apex of the shadow cone reaches the earth's surface and a central total eclipse occurs. (2) The apex of the shadow cone ..."

3. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Joseph Haydn, Benjamin Vincent (1906)
"Except the total eclipse, 12 Aug. 1999. there nan be no total eclipse of the sun ... total eclipse ; visible in the Indian Ocean and E. Africa 29 Sept. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"Preliminary Report on the Results obtained with the Prismatic Camera during the total eclipse of the Sun, April 16, 1893. ..."

5. The Sun by Amédée Guillemin (1870)
"THE PROMINENCES OF THE SUN SEEN DURING A total eclipse. Prominences, Corona and Aureola. — Chemical nature of the Prominences; Spectral Analysis of their ..."

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