occultation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun one celestial body obscures another
    eclipse.

WordNet

Oc`cul*ta"tion noun
Etymology
L. occultatio a hiding, fr. occultare, v. intens. of occulere: cf.F. occultation. See Occult.
Definitions
  1. (Astron.) 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.
  2. Fig.: The state of being occult.
    The reappearance of such an author after those long periods of occultation. Jeffrey.

Webster 1913