obscuration
1obscuration — ⇒OBSCURATION, subst. fém. A. ASTRON. Obscurcissement provoqué par une éclipse. (Dict. XIXe et XXe s.). P. métaph. Mes dispositions intérieures (...) sont toujours tristes et mes facultés intellectuelles toujours embarrassées, tantôt précipitées,… …
2Obscuration — Ob scu*ra tion, n. [L. obscurativ: cf. F. obscuration. See {Obscure}, v. t. ] The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being obscured; as, the obscuration of the moon in an eclipse. Sir J. Herschel. [1913 Webster] …
3obscuration — I noun adumbration, blackout, blur, cloud, concealment, darkening, darkness, dimming, dimness, disappearance, faintness, fogginess, fuzziness, gloom, gloominess, indistinctness, obfuscation, obliteration, obscurity, occupation, opacity,… …
4obscuration — (n.) late 15c., from L. obscurationem (nom. obscuratio) a darkening, obscuring, noun of action from pp. stem of obscurare (see OBSCURE (Cf. obscure) (v.)) …
5obscuration — [äb΄skyo͞o rā′shən] n. [L obscuratio] an obscuring or being obscured …
6obscuration — The term obscuration comes from the Latin adjective obscurus, which means dark. It translates as darkening . The term is used to denote a transient loss of visual perception. Such losses of visual perception typically last no longer than a few …
7OBSCURATION — n. f. T. d’Astronomie Obscurcissement causé par une éclipse. La période d’obscuration …
8obscuration — /ob skyoo ray sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of obscuring. 2. the state of being obscured. [1425 75; late ME < L obscuration (s. of obscuratio) a darkening, equiv. to obscurat(us), ptp. of obscurare (obscur(us) dark + atus ATE1) + ion ION; see ATION] * * …
9obscuration — /ɒbskjuˈreɪʃən/ (say obskyooh rayshuhn) noun 1. the act of obscuring. 2. the state of being obscured. {Latin obscūrātiōn , stem of obscūrātiō} …
10obscuration — obscure ► ADJECTIVE (obscurer, obscurest) 1) not discovered or known about; uncertain. 2) not well known. 3) not clearly expressed or easily understood. 4) hard to make out; indistinct. ► VERB ▪ conceal or make unclear …
