okültasyon

Turkish - English

Definition of okültasyon in Turkish English dictionary

occultation

Describes the state of an imam that has been hidden by Allah. (see Muhammad al-Mahdi)

The example of the Imam in occultation is like the sun behind the clouds. You may not see it, but it continues to sustain and aid you..

An astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object is hidden by another celestial object that passes between it and the observer when the nearer object appears larger and completely hides the more distant object

{n} the act or time of concealment

Every time the earth comes between the Microlab-1 satellite and a GPS satellite, the GPS satellite appears to be "occluded" or hidden from view Each time this happens, one set of measurements can be taken, of conditions in the atmosphere at the precise point on the earth's surface where the GPS satellite appears to be setting

The passage of one object in front of a smaller one, temporarily obscuring all or part of the background object from view

The disappearance of a body behind another body of larger apparent size

Planets occasionally obscure other planets or stars temporarily The Moon, transiting a variable orbit, does so frequently The phenomenon is termed occultation to distinguish it from eclipses An occultation is equal to a powerful total or partile conjunction (To be actually partile, these bodies should at the time have the same lattitude and longitude )

This is when one celestial body, passes in front of, and obscures, another

The passage of one celestial body moving directly in front of another

eclipse, but the latter term is normally reserved for events between a planet, its satellites and the Sun The term "occultation" is most frequently applied to the situation in which the Moon passes in front of a planet or star

The covering-up of one celestial body by another Opposition The position of a planet when exactly opposite to the Sun in the sky; the Sun, the Earth and the planet are then approximately lined up Orbit The path of a celestial object P

Fig

The state of being occult

The blockage of light by the intervention of another object; a planet can occult (block) the light from a distant star

{i} obscuration, act of hiding from view; eclipse, obscuration of one celestial body by another closer celestial body (Astronomy); hiddenness, concealment; act of disappearing from view

An event that occurs when one celestial body conceals or obscures another For example, a solar eclipse is an occultation of the Sun by the Moon

The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; applied especially to eclipses of stars and planets by the moon, and to the eclipses of satellites of planets by their primaries

When one object passes behind another object The Moon regularly occults background stars See also: transit

Hyphenation

o·kül·tas·yon