OCCULTA'TION, noun [Latin occultatio.] 1. a hiding; also, the time a star or planet is hid from our sight, when eclipsed by the interposition of the body of a planet. 2. In astronomy, the hiding of a star or planet from our sight, by passing behind some other of the heavenly bodies.
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