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TOTAL ECLIPSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does total eclipse mean?
• TOTAL ECLIPSE (noun)
The noun TOTAL ECLIPSE has 1 sense:
1. an eclipse as seen from a place where the eclipsed body is completely obscured
Familiarity information: TOTAL ECLIPSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An eclipse as seen from a place where the eclipsed body is completely obscured
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("total eclipse" is a kind of...):
eclipse; occultation (one celestial body obscures another)
Context examples
The last time a total eclipse happened over the contiguous U.S. was in 1979.
(Perseid Meteor Shower Provides Opening Act for Solar Eclipse, VOA News)
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