Associations to the word «Occultation»
Wiktionary
OCCULTATION, noun. (astronomy) 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
OCCULTATION, noun. The state of being occult.
OCCULTATION, noun. (Shia Islam) Of the state of an imam that has been hidden by Allah.
Dictionary definition
OCCULTATION, noun. One celestial body obscures another.
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.