Eclipse vs. Syzygy

Eclipsenoun

(astronomy) An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.

Eclipsenoun

Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.

Eclipsenoun

A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.

Eclipsenoun

Obscurity, decline, downfall

Eclipseverb

(transitive) Of astronomical bodies, to cause an eclipse.

Eclipseverb

To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.

Eclipseverb

(Irish grammar) To undergo eclipsis.

Eclipsenoun

An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet.

Eclipsenoun

The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness.

Eclipseverb

To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; - said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun.

Eclipseverb

To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing.

Eclipseverb

To suffer an eclipse.

Eclipsenoun

one celestial body obscures another

Eclipseverb

exceed in importance; outweigh;

Eclipseverb

cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention;

Eclipseverb

cause an eclipse of; of celestial bodies;

Eclipsenoun

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

Eclipsenoun

a loss of significance or power in relation to another person or thing

Eclipsenoun

a phase during which the distinctive markings of a bird (especially a male duck) are obscured by moulting of the breeding plumage

Eclipseverb

(of a celestial body) obscure the light from or to (another celestial body)

Eclipseverb

deprive (someone or something) of significance or power

Eclipseverb

obscure or block out (light)

Eclipse

An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when an astronomical object or spacecraft is temporarily obscured, by passing into the shadow of another body or by having another body pass between it and the viewer. This alignment of three celestial objects is known as a syzygy.

Syzygynoun

An alignment of three celestial bodies (for example, the Sun, Earth, and Moon) such that one body is directly between the other two, such as occurs at an eclipse.

Syzygynoun

An archetypal pairing of contrasexual opposites, symbolizing the communication of the conscious and unconscious minds.

Syzygynoun

A relation between generators of a module.

Syzygynoun

(medicine) The fusion of some or all of the organs.

Syzygynoun

(zoology) The association of two protozoa end-to-end or laterally for the purpose of asexual exchange of genetic material.

Syzygynoun

(genetics) The pairing of chromosomes in meiosis.

Syzygynoun

The point of an orbit, as of the moon or a planet, at which it is in conjunction or opposition; - commonly used in the plural.

Syzygynoun

The coupling together of different feet; as, in Greek verse, an iambic syzygy.

Syzygynoun

Any one of the segments of an arm of a crinoid composed of two joints so closely united that the line of union is obliterated on the outer, though visible on the inner, side.

Syzygynoun

The intimately united and apparently fused condition of certain low organisms during conjugation.

Syzygynoun

the straight line configuration of 3 celestial bodies (as the sun and earth and moon) in a gravitational system