Occultation — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

one celestial body obscures another

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˌɑːkəltˈeɪʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌɒkəltˈeɪʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌɒkəltˈeɪʃən/

4 syllables Say it as /ˌɑːkəltˈeɪʃən/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

eclipse

Word Forms

eclipse

verb

cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Bedeckung

Ein Himmelskörper verdeckt einen anderen

🇪🇸Spanish

ocultación

Un cuerpo celeste oscurece a otro.

🇮🇹Italian

occultazione

un corpo celeste ne oscura un altro

🇳🇱Dutch

occultatie

het ene hemellichaam verduistert het andere

🇵🇹Portuguese

ocultação

um corpo celeste obscurece outro

🇷🇺Russian

затемнение

одно небесное тело закрывает другое

India

🇮🇳Hindi

प्रच्छादन

एक खगोलीय पिंड दूसरे को अस्पष्ट कर देता है

🇧🇩Bengali

জাদুবিদ্যা

একটি মহাকাশীয় দেহ আরেকটিকে অস্পষ্ট করে

🇮🇳Tamil

மறைவு

ஒரு வான உடல் மற்றொன்றை மறைக்கிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

క్షుద్రత

ఒక ఖగోళ శరీరం మరొకటి అస్పష్టంగా ఉంటుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

जादू

एक आकाशीय पिंड दुसर्याला अस्पष्ट करते

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગુપ્ત

એક અવકાશી પદાર્થ બીજાને અસ્પષ્ટ કરે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಿಗೂಢತೆ

ಒಂದು ಆಕಾಶಕಾಯವು ಇನ್ನೊಂದನ್ನು ಅಸ್ಪಷ್ಟಗೊಳಿಸುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നിഗൂഢത

ഒരു ആകാശ ശരീരം മറ്റൊന്നിനെ മറയ്ക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਜਾਦੂਗਰੀ

ਇੱਕ ਆਕਾਸ਼ੀ ਸਰੀਰ ਦੂਜੇ ਨੂੰ ਅਸਪਸ਼ਟ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

غیبت

ایک آسمانی جسم دوسرے کو دھندلا دیتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

掩星

一个天体遮蔽了另一个天体

🇯🇵Japanese

掩蔽

ある天体が別の天体を隠します

🇰🇷Korean

엄폐

하나의 천체가 다른 천체를 가리고 있다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự huyền bí

một thiên thể che khuất một thiên thể khác

🇹🇭Thai

การซ่อนเร้น

เทห์ฟากฟ้าอันหนึ่งปิดบังอีกอันหนึ่ง

🇮🇩Indonesian

okultasi

satu benda langit mengaburkan benda langit lainnya

🇵🇭Filipino

okultasyon

ang isang celestial body ay nakakubli sa isa pa

🇲🇾Malay

ilmu ghaib

satu badan angkasa mengaburi yang lain

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غيبة

جرم سماوي يحجب آخر

🇮🇷Persian

غیبت

یک جرم آسمانی دیگری را پنهان می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

gizlenme

bir gök cismi diğerini gizler

🇮🇱Hebrew

נסתר

גוף שמימי אחד מסתיר אחר

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