Shadow vs. Eclipse

Shadownoun

A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.

Shadownoun

Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom, obscurity.

Shadownoun

(obsolete) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.

Shadownoun

That which looms as though a shadow.

Shadownoun

A small degree; a shade.

Shadownoun

An imperfect and faint representation.

Shadownoun

A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.

Shadownoun

One who secretly or furtively follows another.

Shadownoun

A type of lettering form of word processors that makes a cubic effect.

Shadownoun

An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.

Shadownoun

A spirit; a ghost; a shade.

Shadownoun

An uninvited guest accompanying one who was invited.

Shadownoun

(psychology) In Jungian psychology, an unconscious aspect of the personality.

Shadowverb

To block light or radio transmission.

Shadowverb

(espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.

Shadowverb

To accompany a professional during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.

Shadowverb

(programming) To make an identifier, usually a variable, inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.

Shadowverb

(computing) To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).

Shadowadjective

Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.

Shadowadjective

Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.

Shadowadjective

(politics) Acting in a leadership role before being formally recognized.

Shadowadjective

Part of, or related to, the opposition in government.

Shadownoun

Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1.

Shadownoun

Darkness; shade; obscurity.

Shadownoun

A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.

Shadownoun

A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.

Shadownoun

That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower.

Shadownoun

A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.

Shadownoun

An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type.

Shadownoun

A small degree; a shade.

Shadownoun

An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited.

Shadowverb

To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.

Shadowverb

To conceal; to hide; to screen.

Shadowverb

To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.

Shadowverb

To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.

Shadowverb

To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.

Shadowverb

To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.

Shadowverb

To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal.

Shadownoun

shade within clear boundaries

Shadownoun

an unilluminated area;

Shadownoun

something existing in perception only;

Shadownoun

a premonition of something adverse;

Shadownoun

an indication that something has been present;

Shadownoun

refuge from danger or observation;

Shadownoun

a dominating and pervasive presence;

Shadownoun

a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

Shadownoun

an inseparable companion;

Shadowverb

follow, usually without the person's knowledge;

Shadowverb

cast a shadow over

Shadowverb

make appear small by comparison;

Shadow

A shadow is a dark (real image) area where light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object. It occupies all of the three-dimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it.

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.