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# eclipse

«eclipse» in Mova's school dictionary: **A solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an eclipse, eclipses); verb (eclipse, eclipses, eclipsed, eclipsing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth and blocks the Sun's light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eclipse/#m1)

2) A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon and its shadow falls on the Moon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eclipse/#m2)

3) To eclipse something is to make it seem less important by being much better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eclipse/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science, eclipses happen because the Sun, Earth and Moon line up; they show how shadows work. In safety, NEVER look straight at the Sun, even during a solar eclipse — it can blind you; use special eclipse glasses or a pinhole viewer. A lunar eclipse is safe to watch and can make the Moon look red. Phrases: «total eclipse», «partial eclipse».

### examples

- We watched the solar eclipse through special glasses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eclipse/#x1)
- During a total eclipse the sky goes dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eclipse/#x2)
- A lunar eclipse can make the Moon look red. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eclipse/#x3)
- Never look directly at the Sun during an eclipse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eclipse/#x4)
- Make a pinhole viewer to see the eclipse safely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eclipse/#x5)
- An eclipse happens when the Sun, Moon and Earth line up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eclipse/#x6)
- Her new record eclipsed the old one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eclipse/#x7)
- The birds went quiet during the eclipse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eclipse/#x8)
- May not, asks Mr. Batten, the Pancavudha Jataka be an idealised account of an eclipse of the moon? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eclipse/#x9)

### note

Countable; «an eclipse». Spelled with «-ipse». Solar = Sun, lunar = Moon. Myth: a solar eclipse is dangerous because of special rays — no, the danger is simply staring at the Sun.

### In the corpora

- [An eclipse of the Sun is watched only with special eclipse glasses or a pinhole projector.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/22-lenses-and-eyes/11/)
- [An eclipse of the Sun must never be looked at without special eclipse glasses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/39-day-and-night-and-the-moons-faces/13/)
- [Never look at a solar eclipse with bare eyes or ordinary sunglasses; use proper eclipse glasses or a pinhole projector.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/4/)
- [We do not get eclipses every month because the Moon's orbit is tilted about 5 degrees to the Earth's orbit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/12/)
- [An eclipse happens when the Sun, the Earth and the Moon are in a straight line.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/8-eclipses/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «eclipse» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eclipse/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.