Eclipse - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
verb
- cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention (syn: occult)
Extra examples
The popularity of television led to the eclipse of the radio drama.
The sun was partially eclipsed by the moon.
Train travel was eclipsed by the growth of commercial airlines.
Many people expected the growth of television to mean the eclipse of radio.
The economy had eclipsed the environment as an election issue.
The Sun eclipses the moon today
In a solar eclipse, the moon passes between the sun and the Earth.
...the lunar eclipse began with a subtle darkening of the lunar surface as it passed within the Earth's penumbra...
...during a solar eclipse observers located within the umbra experience a complete blocking of the sun by the moon...
Mrs Bosanquet's novels are now in eclipse.
During an eclipse, the moon blocks our view of the sun (=stops us from seeing it).
Word forms
I/you/we/they: eclipse
he/she/it: eclipses
present participle: eclipsing
past tense: eclipsed
past participle: eclipsed
singular: eclipse
plural: eclipses
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