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SOLAR ECLIPSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does solar eclipse mean?
• SOLAR ECLIPSE (noun)
The noun SOLAR ECLIPSE has 1 sense:
1. the moon interrupts light from the sun
Familiarity information: SOLAR ECLIPSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The moon interrupts light from the sun
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("solar eclipse" is a kind of...):
eclipse; occultation (one celestial body obscures another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "solar eclipse"):
annular eclipse (only a thin outer disk of the sun can be seen)
Context examples
The solar eclipse of December 25 will set the tone of what’s to come too, especially in the first half of January.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
While the Perseids likely will draw large crowds of spectators around the world, those based in the United States will have the chance to see an even bigger astronomical event next week when the U.S. will witness the first total solar eclipse across the country in almost 100 years.
(Perseid Meteor Shower Provides Opening Act for Solar Eclipse, VOA News)
A solar eclipse is coming (all solar eclipses are new moons), and they are known to open a pathway, and because eclipses speed timetables, a professional breakthrough seems to be coming quickly.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The Perseid meteor shower peaks every year about this time as the Earth passes debris from the Swift-Tuttle comet, but this year the annual shower will come about a week before a total solar eclipse.
(Perseid Meteor Shower Provides Opening Act for Solar Eclipse, VOA News)
Another powerful day for your financial life will be the coming solar eclipse on December 25.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
A new moon solar eclipse is due on December 25, one that will be as sweet as sugar.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
In fact, you will start to see this in action at the coming solar eclipse, December 25 (in the western hemisphere) or December 26 (throughout the rest of the world).
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
That was a new moon solar eclipse that likely opened a new career path with the offer of a great opportunity.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
That solar eclipse of late December was a vital one for you—exciting, life-changing, and a wonderful way to start the New Year.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
In addition to that awesome planetary support, we have a sweet, encouraging solar eclipse (a new moon) in Capricorn at four degrees on December 25.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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