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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 obscuredplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


TOTAL ECLIPSE (noun)


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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