How to pronounce “eclipse”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (astronomy) An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
• 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.
• (ornithology) A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
• Obscurity, decline, downfall.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) Of astronomical or atmospheric bodies, to cause an eclipse.
• (transitive, figurative) To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.
• (Irish grammar) To undergo eclipsis.

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