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Antonyms for occulting


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-kuhlt, ok-uhlt
Phonetic Transcription : əˈkʌlt, ˈɒk ʌlt



Definition of occulting

Origin :
  • 1530s, "secret, not divulged," from Middle French occulte and directly from Latin occultus "hidden, concealed, secret," past participle of occulere "cover over, conceal," from ob "over" (see ob-) + a verb related to celare "to hide," from PIE root *kel- "to hide" (see cell). Meaning "not apprehended by the mind, beyond the range of understanding" is from 1540s. The association with the supernatural sciences (magic, alchemy, astrology, etc.) dates from 1630s.
  • As in bury : verb conceal, cover
  • As in stash : verb hide
Example sentences :
  • The illuminant is oil gas, with an occulting characteristic.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6 » by Various
  • And Grantline had recognized the Planetara, and had released his occulting screens surrounding the radium ore.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various
  • Perhaps a dark ring of absorptive or occulting matter encircles the nebula in nearly the same plane with the luminous whorls.
  • Extract from : « Astronomy » by David Todd
  • In the old days we used to depend on occulting lights, but now, flashing lights are much more powerful.
  • Extract from : « The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
  • An occulting light means that some of the time the light is shut off, and at others it isn't.
  • Extract from : « The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
  • This has a group of occulting lights showing white to seaward and red towards land.
  • Extract from : « On an Irish Jaunting-car » by Samuel G. Bayne
  • Verde inclined guide-light changes from 1st proximo to triple flash—green white green—in place of occulting red as heretofore.
  • Extract from : « With The Night Mail » by Rudyard Kipling
  • And Grantline had recognized the Planetara, and had released his occulting screens surrounding the ore.
  • Extract from : « Brigands of the Moon » by Ray Cummings
  • Shafts of brighter light swept across and across the water from occulting beacons set at long intervals among buoys.
  • Extract from : « Our Casualty And Other Stories » by James Owen Hannay, AKA George A. Birmingham
  • These lights are also fitted with occulting screens on the Lindberg system.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6 » by Various

Synonyms for occulting

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