total eclipse
an eclipse in which the surface of the eclipsed body is completely obscured.
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Origin of total eclipse
1- Compare annular eclipse.
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How to use total eclipse in a sentence
Although the eclipse was partially visible from parts of Australia, New Zealand, Argentina and South Africa, only a few lucky observers saw the full total eclipse from the ground in Antarctica.
A total solar eclipse bathed Antarctica in darkness | Hannah Seo | December 7, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe previous eclipse happened on May 26th, called a Super Flower Blood Moon—Blood for the color during a total eclipse, Flower for the May full moon, and Super for the moon being at its closest point to Earth.
There’s an especially big window to catch this week’s eclipse of the Beaver Moon | Margo Milanowski | November 15, 2021 | Popular-ScienceNovember 19th’s lunar eclipse is also much longer, and will be “almost total,” unlike the total eclipse of the Flower Moon.
There’s an especially big window to catch this week’s eclipse of the Beaver Moon | Margo Milanowski | November 15, 2021 | Popular-ScienceHere’s everything you need to know about this almost total eclipse.
There’s an especially big window to catch this week’s eclipse of the Beaver Moon | Margo Milanowski | November 15, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe period of total eclipse was quite a lengthy one, and during the time it lasted the darkness was intense.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
A partial eclipse of the sun will always occur about a fortnight before or after a total eclipse of the moon.
A Text-Book of Astronomy | George C. ComstockSuch an eclipse is called annular, as shown in fig. 3; when this happens, there can be no total eclipse anywhere.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | VariousOn the 24th of June, the little fleet shot the Falls of the Ohio amid the darkness of a total eclipse of the sun.
Hero Stories from American History | Albert F. BlaisdellHer honeymoon was not only waning, but going into a total eclipse.
Miss Billy Married | Eleanor H. Porter
British Dictionary definitions for total eclipse
an eclipse as seen from a particular area of the earth's surface where the eclipsed body is completely hidden: Compare annular eclipse, partial eclipse
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Scientific definitions for total eclipse
[ tōt′l ]
An eclipse in which the entire surface of a celestial object is obscured. See more at eclipse.
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