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An event in which one celestial object passes in front of and hides another from an observer.
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- stellar occultation
- lunar occultation
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A lunar occultation hid the star.
The team timed the stellar occultation.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular occultation; plural occultations. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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