occultation
pronunciation
How to pronounce occultation in British English:
UK [ˌɒkʌl'teɪʃən]
How to pronounce occultation in American English:
US [ˌɒkʌl'teɪʃən]
-
- Noun:
- one celestial body obscures another
Word Origin
- occultation (n.)
- early 15c., "disguise or concealment of identity," from Latin occultationem (nominative occultatio), noun of action from past participle stem of occultare "to hide, conceal," frequentative of occulere (see occult).
Example
- 1. It shows jupiter as it begins its occultation behind the waning crescent .
- 2. To learn more about these alien worlds , astronomers have taken advantage of a phenomenon called stellar occultation .
- 3. The two photos above feature the conjunction and occultation of jupiter and the moon as viewed in the early morning of july 15 , 2012 .
- 4. Detection of the martian atmosphere and ionosphere using spacecraft-earth radio occultation .
- 5. Census of small bodies in the solar system : the taiwan-america occultation survey .