English Dictionary

occultation

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌɒkəlˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

名詞

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(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.

日本語の意味

（天文学）ある天体が、観測者とその天体の間にある別の天体によって完全に隠される現象。

We observed a rare occultation of a distant star by the Moon last night, and the timing helped refine the star's position.

昨夜、月によって遠方の星が完全に隠されるという珍しい掩蔽を観測し、その時刻が星の位置の精度を高めるのに役立ちました。

意味（1）

(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.

[T]he diſtance of any place within this kingdom from it, will not much vary the manner of their Appearance in any of the Phænomena, except the Eclipſe of the Sun: for, in the Occultations, the Stars will appeare to paſs nearly under the ſame Angles and Spots of the Moon; […]

意味（2）

The state of being occult (“hidden, undetected”).

If Mr. [Thomas] Campbell's poetry was of a kind that could be forgotten, his long fits of silence would put him fairly in the way of that misfortune. […] [T]he re-appearance of such an author, after those long periods of occultation, is naturally hailed as a novelty—and he receives the double welcome of a celebrated stranger and a remembered friend.

意味（3）

(Shia Islam) The disappearance of the Twelfth Imam, or Mahdi, who is believed alive and present in this world, but hidden until his reappearance at the end of time.

We are therefore, constantly hoping for the joy and happiness, personified in Imām al-Mahdi, the Imām who is alive at this very time, and who is himself awaiting the command of Allāh to reappear, so that he may strengthen the weak, and judge the oppressors. He will reappear without having done Bay'ah to any oppressor. He went into occultation because he did not want [to] submit to any unjust ruler.

occultations （ plural ）