blocked from view or surpassed in importance or quality; or when one celestial body passes in front of another, blocking its light.
From Greek 'ekleipsis' meaning 'abandonment' or 'failing to appear.' Used for the astronomical phenomenon, then metaphorically for anything obscured or overshadowed.
Total solar eclipses create a bizarre day-turned-to-night effect where the sun's corona becomes visible—it's so strange that animals genuinely become confused, thinking it's evening.
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