solar eclipse
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Etymology
From solar + eclipseCategory:English compound terms#SOLARECLIPSE. First use appears c. 1602 in the writings of Thomas Blundeville.
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: sōl'ər, IPA(key): /ˈsoʊlɚ ɪˈklɪps/Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#SOLARECLIPSE
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsəʊlə ɪˈklɪps/Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#SOLARECLIPSE
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#SOLARECLIPSEAudio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: so‧lar‧e‧clipse
Noun
solar eclipse (plural solar eclipses)Category:English lemmas#SOLARECLIPSECategory:English nouns#SOLARECLIPSECategory:English countable nouns#SOLARECLIPSECategory:English multiword terms#SOLARECLIPSECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SOLARECLIPSECategory:Pages with entries#SOLAR%20ECLIPSECategory:Pages with 1 entry#SOLAR%20ECLIPSE
- (astronomyCategory:en:Astronomy#SOLARECLIPSE) A phenomenon occurring when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun.
- A solar eclipse is one of nature's most impressive sights.Category:English terms with usage examples#SOLARECLIPSE
- 2017, Mark Littmann, Fred Espenak, “Ancient Efforts to Understand”, in Totality: The Great American Eclipses of 2017 and 2024, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 38:
- The earliest reliable accounts of Chinese eclipses come from Spring and Autumn Annals (Ch’un-ch’iu), recording eclipses from 772 to 481 BCE, including a total solar eclipse in 709 BCE.Category:English terms with quotations#SOLARECLIPSE
Translations
when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
See also
- 🝵 (symbol)
- lunar eclipse
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