Associations to the word «Occultation»
Wiktionary
OCCULTATION, noun. (astronomy) An astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object is hidden by another celestial object that passes between it and the observer when the nearer object appears larger and completely hides the more distant object
OCCULTATION, noun. The state of being occult.
OCCULTATION, noun. (Shia Islam) Of the state of an imam that has been hidden by Allah.
Dictionary definition
OCCULTATION, noun. One celestial body obscures another.
Wise words
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.