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Definition of Occulter
1. Noun. Any object, natural or man-made, that blocks the light of an object from an observer, typically used in reference to astronomical events. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Occulter
1. one that occults [n -S] - See also: occults
Lexicographical Neighbors of Occulter
Literary usage of Occulter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1908)
"With an occulter in the field, in the moments of best seeing, feeble traces of the
... With occulter, the following part of the ring was feebly glimpsed, ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1902)
"Zur Psychologie und Pathologie sogenannter occulter Phänomene, von CG JUNG.
Leipzig, 1902. pp. 121. This young Zurich psychiatrist first discusses an ..."
3. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"In 1883 an automatic occulter was perfected, worked by the gas passing from the
reservoir to the burner. The lights placed on these booys burn continuously ..."
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