Dictionary Entry
occultation
occultation is a 11-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 20 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
Fig.: The state of being occult.
- 3noun
one celestial body obscures another
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