different between occultation vs occult

English

Etymology

From Latin occult?ti?nem, accusative singular of occult?ti? (“concealment; insinuation”), from occult?re, present active infinitive of occult? (“to conceal, hide”); analysable as occult +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??k?l?te??(?)n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??k?l?te??(?)n/
• Hyphenation: oc?cul?ta?tion

Noun

occultation (countable and uncountable, plural occultations)

1. (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.

   Synonym: eclipse
2. The state of being occult (“hidden, undetected”).

   Synonyms: hiddenness, invisibility, occultness
3. (Shia Islam) The disappearance of the Twelfth Imam, or Mahdi, who is believed alive and present in this world, but hidden until his reappearance at the end of time.

Alternative forms

• accultation (rare)

Derived terms

• deoccultation
• lunar occultation
• nonoccultation
• preoccultation

Translations

See also

• eclipse
• syzygy

References

Further reading

• occultation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• occultation (Islam) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occultus (“hidden, secret”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??k.?lt/, /??k?lt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??k?lt/
• Rhymes: -?lt

Verb

occult (third-person singular simple present occults, present participle occulting, simple past and past participle occulted)

1. (transitive, astronomy) To cover or hide from view.

   The Earth occults the Moon during a lunar eclipse.

2. (transitive, rare) To dissimulate, conceal, or obfuscate.

Translations

Adjective

occult (comparative more occult, superlative most occult)

2. (medicine) Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected.
3. Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.
4. Esoteric.

   • Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."

Derived terms

• occult line

Translations

Noun

occult (uncountable)

1. (usually with "the") Supernatural affairs.

Translations

Related terms

• occultation
• occultive