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Definition of Solar eclipse
1. Noun. The moon interrupts light from the sun.
Definition of Solar eclipse
1. Noun. (astronomy) A phenomenon occurring when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Solar Eclipse
Literary usage of Solar eclipse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"W: F. Rigge. diags Pop Astron 24:1-14 Ja 46 Partial solar eclipse of February 3.
1916. ... 11 Pop Astron 24:372-3 Je 46 1917 solar eclipse of 1917, ..."
2. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1893)
"Adapted from a paragraph in the Scientific American, March 25, 1893. TOTAL SOLAR
ECLIPSE OF APRIL, 1893. The following telegram was sent to the press on ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The total solar eclipse of 28 May 1900 will always be famous for its long course
through civilized territory, its path crossing the United States from Texas ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"V. "The Total solar eclipse of 16th April, 1893. Report on Results obtained with
the Slit ... RE Communicated by the Joint solar eclipse Committee. ..."
5. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1902)
"On a solar Calorimeter used in Egypt at the total solar Eclipse in 1882'. By JY
BUCHANAN, FRS [Received 15 December 1900.] While engaged in discussing ..."