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PARTIAL ECLIPSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does partial eclipse mean? 

PARTIAL ECLIPSE (noun)
  The noun PARTIAL ECLIPSE has 1 sense:

1. an eclipse in which the eclipsed body is only partially obscuredplay

  Familiarity information: PARTIAL ECLIPSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PARTIAL ECLIPSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An eclipse in which the eclipsed body is only partially obscured

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("partial eclipse" is a kind of...):

eclipse; occultation (one celestial body obscures another)


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