Category:Occultation

Oc`cul*ta"tion, n. Etym: [l. occultatio a hiding, fr. occultare, v. Intens. of occulere: cf.F. occultation. See occult.]

1. (astron.)

Defn: 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. Fig.: The state of being occult. The reappearance of such an author after those long periods of Occultation. Jeffrey. Circle of perpetual occultation. See under circle.