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Eclipse-class cruiser
HMS Eclipse was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. Eclipse-class second-class protected cruisers were preceded
HMS_Eclipse_(1894)
List of ships with the same or similar names
Eight ships of Britain's Royal Navy have been named HMS Eclipse: HMS Eclipse (1797), a 12-gun, 169-ton gunboat launched at Blackwall on 29 March 1797.
HMS_Eclipse
Eclipse-class cruiser
HMS Talbot was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. HMS Talbot was laid down 5 March 1894 and launched 25 April
HMS_Talbot_(1895)
Eclipse-class cruiser
HMS Juno was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. In 1899, Juno was equipped with wireless, and took part in
HMS_Juno_(1895)
Eclipse-class cruiser
HMS Dido was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. Eclipse-class second-class protected cruisers were preceded
HMS_Dido_(1896)
1897 class of British cruisers
The Eclipse-class cruisers were a class of nine second-class protected cruisers constructed for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. These ships were enlarged
Eclipse-class_cruiser
Cockchafer (1881) Starling (1882) Stork (1882) Raven (1882) Albacore class HMS Albacore HMS Mistletoe HMS Watchful Bramble class Rattler (1886) Wasp (1886) Lizard (1886)
List of gunboat and gunvessel classes of the Royal Navy
List_of_gunboat_and_gunvessel_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy
Total eclipse
solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, December 14, 2020, with a magnitude of 1.0254. A total solar eclipse occurs
Solar eclipse of December 14, 2020
Solar_eclipse_of_December_14,_2020
21st-century annular solar eclipse
first set of annular eclipses from February 21, 1822 through March 25, 1876; the second set of hybrid eclipses from April 6, 1894 through April 28, 1930;
Solar eclipse of June 21, 2020
Solar_eclipse_of_June_21,_2020
Admiral in the Royal Navy and grandson of Charles Dickens (1879–1962)
1896–1897, and HMS Eclipse in the East Indies Station, 1897–1899. He was promoted Sub-Lieutenant in 1899, and in that year he served aboard HMS Cleopatra before
Gerald_Charles_Dickens
Eclipse-class cruiser
HMS Diana was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. She was commissioned at Chatham on 16 February 1900 to take
HMS_Diana_(1895)
Military unit
12th Destroyer Flotilla HMS Exmouth (Leader) Division 23 HMS Eclipse HMS Electra Division 24 HMS Encounter HMS Escapade HMS Escort Watson, Graham. "Royal
12th_Destroyer_Flotilla
flagships HMS Albion, HMS Bulwark, HMS Invincible, and HMS Ocean. Abdül Hamid (the first submarine in the world to fire a live torpedo underwater), HMS Upholder
List of ships and submarines built in Barrow-in-Furness
List_of_ships_and_submarines_built_in_Barrow-in-Furness
Battleships built from the 1880s to 1905
to the early 1900s. Their designs were conceived before the appearance of HMS Dreadnought in 1906 and their classification as "pre-dreadnought" is retrospectively
Pre-dreadnought_battleship
Eclipse-class cruiser
HMS Venus was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. Eclipse-class second-class protected cruisers were preceded
HMS_Venus_(1895)
Eclipse-class cruiser
HMS Doris was an Eclipse-class cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. It was one of nine such protected cruisers, all of which launched between
HMS_Doris_(1896)
British Naval officer (1832–1918)
the Barbados Division in the West Indies in command of HMS Blanche, a 1760-ton, 6 gun Eclipse class wooden screw sloop (launched in 1867 and sold off
Sir Charles Knowles, 4th Baronet
Sir_Charles_Knowles,_4th_Baronet
Record of humanity's attempts to find east-west position on Earth
astronomical events that could be predicted with great accuracy, such as eclipses, and building clocks, known as chronometers, that could keep time with
History_of_longitude
Submarine of the Confederate States of America
Bowes Jun: HMS Liverpool 14 Jul: HDMS Dannebrog 13 Aug: HMS Enterprise 24 Aug: SMS Grille Aug: HMS Urgent 1 Sep: Avalon 1 Sep: HMS Eclipse 5 Oct: Nubia
H._L._Hunley
Confederate Navy warship
up the Victoria Channel with the Palmetto flag flying from her masthead. HMS Donegal happened to be anchored in mid-river between Toxteth in Liverpool
CSS_Shenandoah
Royal Navy Captain, later Admiral and explorer (1835–1892)
and returned to England. In 1862 he was appointed to the command of HMS Eclipse, for service in New Zealand, and took part in the New Zealand Wars until
Richard Mayne (Royal Navy officer)
Richard_Mayne_(Royal_Navy_officer)
English zoologist and lawyer (1829–1913)
Dwarf Cassowary. Colombian longtail snake (Enuliophis sclateri) Although eclipsed by his contemporaries (like Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace),
Philip_Sclater
Large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns
torpedoes. HMS Formidable was sunk by a German U-boat in the English Channel in 1915. At the Dardanelles, HMS Majestic was sunk by a German U-boat, HMS Goliath
Battleship
February 1894 was to the stone frigate HMS Impregnable, then based on the former HMS Howe, where he was rated boy seaman. He was then moved to HMS Boscawen
Ernest_Martin_Jehan
HMS Comus was a corvette (reclassified in 1888 as a third-class cruiser) of the Royal Navy. She was the name ship of her class. Launched in April 1878
HMS_Comus_(1878)
1894 class of British cruiser
they were soon sold out of the service and scrapped. However, one ship, HMS Hermione, was bought by the Marine Society and used as a training ship until
Astraea-class_cruiser
1840s British steamship, museum ship
Solar Eclipse. 🌘 "Total eclipse of the sun, a clear sky and stars seen in daytime" –diary extract (author unknown) … #SSGreatBritain #SolarEclipse #Museum
SS_Great_Britain
1810 invasion of the Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811
to join Rowley at Rodriguez. The first two frigates to arrive, HMS Africaine and HMS Ceylon were both attacked while sailing alone and captured by Hamelin's
Invasion_of_Isle_de_France
Aviso of the Prussian and German Imperial Navy
year. The years 1893 and 1894 passed uneventfully in the same pattern as previous years; KK Max von Basse was her commander in 1894. She was then decommissioned
SMS_Grille
Canonicus-class monitor
and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. IV: Retreat With Honor (Reprint of the 1894 ed.). Secacus, New Jersey: Castle. pp. 379–400. ISBN 0-89009-572-8. Olmstead
USS_Tecumseh_(1863)
Early 20th century battleship type
battleship in the early 20th century. The first of the kind, the Royal Navy's HMS Dreadnought, had such an effect when launched in 1906 that similar battleships
Dreadnought
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916
not for his colleagues, when Lord Kitchener was killed in the sinking of HMS Hampshire on 5 June. Asquith first considered taking the vacant War Office
H._H._Asquith
Paddle steamer
Liverpool. Mary Agnes sank with the loss of two lives. Survivors were rescued by HMS Warrior. On 20 October 1864, she collided with the steamship Hibernia at
SS_Snaefell_(1863)
Royal Navy officer (1734–1790)
always followed rather than led. His achievements have therefore been eclipsed by his contemporaries such as Augustus Keppel, Edward Hawke, Richard Howe
Joshua_Rowley
Island in Western Australia
salt deposits for about a year. Rodondo was wrecked off the island in 1894 and Eclipse met a similar fate in 1898. SS Penguin was wrecked off the island while
Middle Island (Western Australia)
Middle_Island_(Western_Australia)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1924; 1929–1935)
Party in 1900. He was chairman of the Labour MPs before 1914 and, after an eclipse in his career caused by his opposition to the First World War, he was Leader
Ramsay_MacDonald
.] resembles the head of a sperm whale. Both organisms have mandibles eclipsed by the head, and the whale eye and soldier's antennal socket are comparatively
List of organisms named after works of fiction
List_of_organisms_named_after_works_of_fiction
Town in Cornwall, England
Wave rescue". Portsmouth.co.uk. "Remembering HMS Wave". UK: BBC. 4 February 2008. "Designs on the eclipse". BBC News. UK: BBC. 29 July 1999. Retrieved
St_Ives,_Cornwall
Slave trade between Africa and the West
time this was the largest oceanic displacement or migration in history, eclipsing even the far-flung, but less-dense, expansion of Austronesian-Polynesian
Atlantic_slave_trade
Lighthouse on Rottnest Island, Western Australia
21 mi) and had a characteristic five-second flash followed by a 55-second eclipse. The entire apparatus rotated once every two minutes. It was operated by
Wadjemup_Lighthouse
Gunboat of the United States Navy
April 1865 issue, showing Rodolph as a stern wheeler. Marsh, C. C. (July 31, 1894). Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the
USS_Rodolph
Town in Cornwall, England
frigates, with either 32 or 44 guns. Pellew's flagship was HMS Indefatigable and Warren's HMS Révolutionnaire. At the time of the French Revolutionary Wars
Falmouth,_Cornwall
Naval officer of the Beiyang Fleet
corvette HMS Euryalus boarded the ship which was headed for the Indian Ocean, from August 4, 1879. Captain Richard Edward Tracy boarded the Eclipse-class
Fang_Boqian
London". uboat.net. Retrieved October 14, 2022. "HMS Safari (P 211)". uboat.net. Retrieved August 13, 2023. "HMS Rainbow (N 16)". uboat.net. Retrieved August
List of shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean
List_of_shipwrecks_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean
British shipping company (1845–1934)
advancements in shipbuilding during the 1890s, Teutonic and Majestic had been eclipsed by several newer vessels, most recently by Norddeutscher Lloyd's Kaiser
White_Star_Line
Confederate ironclad
incidents 4 Jan: HMS Cadmus 14 Jan: HMS Geyser 14 Jan: HMS Terrible 3 Mar: HMS Niger 13 Jul: HMS Eclipse 9 Aug: Ipswich 10 Oct: HMS Sepoy 10 Nov: HMS Bristol 1
CSS_Neuse
Archipelago, county and council area in northern Scotland
Constitutional status of Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles Solar eclipse of 1 May 1185 Baha'i Faith in Orkney The proto-Celtic root *φorko-, can
Orkney
19th c. New Zealand schooner
incidents 4 Jan: HMS Cadmus 14 Jan: HMS Geyser 14 Jan: HMS Terrible 3 Mar: HMS Niger 13 Jul: HMS Eclipse 9 Aug: Ipswich 10 Oct: HMS Sepoy 10 Nov: HMS Bristol 1
Daring_(schooner)
Calendar year
factory in the Soviet Union. May 1966 lunar eclipse: A penumbral lunar eclipse takes place, the 64th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 111. May 5 – The Montreal
1966
British ocean liner (1907–1915)
Henry Oliver ordered HMS Louis and HMS Laverock to escort Lusitania, and took the further precaution of sending the Q-ship HMS Lyons to patrol Liverpool
RMS_Lusitania
Retrieved 22 September 2021. "HMS - ViewItem". www.hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 22 September 2021. "HMS - ViewItem". www.hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved
Terrace_houses_in_Australia
William and Mary, so the Scottish frigates were renamed HMS Edinburgh and HMS Glasgow, while only HMS Dumbarton Castle retained its name. The Act of Union
History of the Royal Navy (after 1707)
History_of_the_Royal_Navy_(after_1707)
Brightest star in Earth's night sky
French expedition arrived in Central West Africa to observe the total eclipse on 16 April. In the religion of the Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia
Sirius
1899 British ocean liner built for the Cunard Line
the crossing, with HMS Charybdis, HMS Talbot, HMS Eclipse, and HMS Diana. The reinforcement was completed with the addition of HMS Majestic. Finally,
RMS_Ivernia_(1899)
American paddle steamer (1850–1865)
Mary Altrie's Vivid Recollection". San Francisco Chronicle. February 11, 1894. "A Sea Tragedy: The Brother Jonathan Wreck Revived". Del Norte Record. February
Brother_Jonathan_(steamer)
Light 47 mm naval gun introduced in 1886
cruisers Diadem-class cruisers Drake-class cruisers Duncan-class battleships Eclipse-class cruisers Formidable-class battleships Forward-class cruisers Gorgon-class
QF_3-pounder_Hotchkiss
Luderic 1992 WL Luderic Maury (born 1984) has been an amateur astronomer, eclipse chaser and the joy and pride of his parents ever since his birth in Nice
Meanings of minor-planet names: 8001–9000
Meanings_of_minor-planet_names:_8001–9000
1870–1914 electrical and chemical era
tug-of-war competition in 1845 between the screw-driven HMS Rattler and the paddle steamer HMS Alecto; the former pulling the latter backward at 2.5 knots
Second_Industrial_Revolution
pounds in order to help fund his expedition to observe the total solar eclipse of August 29, 1886. DMP · 250 251 Sophia – Sophia, wife of German astronomer
Meanings of minor-planet names: 1–1000
Meanings_of_minor-planet_names:_1–1000
End of World War II
atomic bomb dropped on Tokyo." – Frank 1999, p. 327, citing Bernstein, Eclipsed by Hiroshima and Nagasaki, p 167. Specifically, General Carl Spaatz, head
Surrender_of_Japan
British physicist, engineer and mathematician (1824–1907)
Chicago Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-226-08043-7. Bowler, Peter J. (1983). The eclipse of Darwinism: anti-Darwinian evolution theories in the decades around 1900
Lord_Kelvin
HMS TB 81, originally named Swift, was a torpedo boat that served with the British Royal Navy. She was built in 1884–1885 by the shipbuilder J Samuel
HMS_TB_81_(1885)
British joint-stock company (1600–1858)
Mornington became HMS Drake. Other examples include: HMS Calcutta HMS Glatton HMS Hindostan (1795) HMS Hindostan (1804) HMS Malabar HMS Buffalo Their design
East_India_Company
British Army general (1852–1925)
battleship HMS Britannia. He obtained only an "average" certificate which required him to do a further six months of training on board the frigate HMS Bristol
John French, 1st Earl of Ypres
John_French,_1st_Earl_of_Ypres
Chemical compound
enantiomers via the anti configuration, and 2460 cm−1 (29.4 kJ/mol) via the eclipsed configuration. These barriers are proposed to be due to repulsion between
Hydrogen_peroxide
Military unit
be traced to Stafford Fairborne, who in 1695 was appointed as captain of HMS London and "Commander in Chief of his Majesty's shipps in the River of Thames
Commander-in-Chief,_The_Nore
2011. "Glen Farg". Uboat. Retrieved 4 February 2012. "Mopsa". llangibby.eclipse.co.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2021. "Marwarri". uboat.net. Retrieved 7 October
List of shipwrecks in October 1939
List_of_shipwrecks_in_October_1939
Early system for transmitting text over wires
telegraphy, absolute time could be obtained from astronomical events, such as eclipses, occultations or lunar distances, or by transporting an accurate clock
Electrical_telegraph
English biologist and philosopher (1887–1975)
original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012. Bowler P.J. 1983. The eclipse of Darwinism: anti-Darwinian evolutionary theories in the decades around
Julian_Huxley
Calendar year
in Texas to join the Texan fight for independence from Mexico. January 12 HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin on board, reaches Sydney. Will County, Illinois
1836
Australian cricketer (1908–2001)
The Advertiser, after attaining a university entrance score of 99.95 (eclipsing his grandfather's batting average of 99.94). He subsequently received
Don_Bradman
Council area of Scotland
earldom of Fife, including Kinross and Clackmannan, was therefore gradually eclipsed in importance by the smaller shire of Fife. In 1667 Commissioners of Supply
Fife
Historic county in Scotland
provinces of Assynt to the west and Strathnaver to the north. Shires gradually eclipsed the old provinces in administrative importance, and also become known as
Sutherland
Literature written in the English language
Poets", and Poet Laureate for 30 years, although his fame has been long eclipsed by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Thomas De Quincey is
English_literature
Calendar year
Words | Bartleby". Girbig, Werner (1975). Six Months to Oblivion: The Eclipse of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force Over the Western Front, 1944/45. Schiffer
1945
43°48′50″N 76°47′20″W / 43.814°N 76.789°W / 43.814; -76.789 (HMS Speedy (1798)) HMS St Lawrence Royal Navy A wooden warship that served in the War
List of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes
List_of_shipwrecks_in_the_Great_Lakes
Calendar year
000 are made homeless. October 24 – WWII: British Royal Navy destroyer HMS Eclipse (H08) is sunk by a mine in the Aegean Sea, with the loss of 119 of the
1943
Public school in Shrewsbury, England
for the longest ever game of fives (at 39 hours of playing); this was eclipsed by Uppingham School in 2019. Minor sports include: shooting, fencing, basketball
Shrewsbury_School
Day of the year
British destroyers HMS Eclipse and HMS Laforey sink the Italian submarine Ascianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMS Newfoundland.
July_23
Civil War gunboat
Rebellion. Series I: 27 volumes. Series II: 3 volumes. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1894–1922. Building the City Class Ironclads Documentary
USS_Mound_City
1873 novel by Jules Verne
two women travelers and an astronomer who wants to observe a total Moon eclipse, and later one of the soldier's wives gives birth to a boy. Here they befriend
The_Fur_Country
Early 20th century arms race among Argentina, Brazil, and Chile
and Chilean navies. The revolutionary design of the 1906 British warship HMS Dreadnought prompted the Brazilians to alter these plans and redirect their
South American dreadnought race
South_American_dreadnought_race
Wednesday Evening, Vol. XIX, No. 96, April 6, 1881, p. 1, c. 3 "Re: Steamboat "Eclipse" destroyed 1865-casualty list?". Genforum.genealogy.com. March 31, 2008
List of shipwrecks of the United States
List_of_shipwrecks_of_the_United_States
Annual parade and dance in St. Louis, Missouri
the streets for nothing," but they found that their attempts were "so eclipsed" by the "gorgeous dazzle" of the VP Parade "that they became disgusted"
Veiled Prophet Parade and Ball
Veiled_Prophet_Parade_and_Ball
Calendar year
January 25 – A total solar eclipse is visible in Pacific Ocean, South America, Atlantic Ocean and Africa, the 48th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 130. January
1944
United States Navy steam-powered cruiser
commissioning, Scientific American compared Olympia to the similar British Eclipse-class cruisers and the Chilean Blanco Encalada and found that the American
USS_Olympia_(C-6)
equatorium for planetary and conjunction computations. It can calculate when eclipses will occur. The Albion is made up of 18 different scales which makes it
List of English inventions and discoveries
List_of_English_inventions_and_discoveries
London-related events during the 19th century
Docks Company, which by 1878 constituted 13 docks and ponds. With the eclipse of the sailing ship by the steamship in mid-century, tonnages grew larger
19th-century_London
British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
October 1911. His death was not reported to the press for more than a year. HMS Sainfoin was named after Sainfoin in 1943. McLean, Ken (2006). Designing
Sainfoin_(horse)
English writer
also republished in newspapers in Australia. Harry Blyth was born aboard HMS Unite, a hulk ship off Woolwich, in January 1852. His father was a naval
Harry_Blyth
British coordination of coalitions based on her flexible naval power, eclipsing traditional rivals like the Dutch and French over the course of the century
History of the foreign relations of the United Kingdom
History_of_the_foreign_relations_of_the_United_Kingdom
Thames sailing barge
vessel used on short runs on the upper reaches of the London River had been eclipsed by the hoy companies running mixed cargoes from Margate and Ipswich to
SB_Decima
history sciences 1864 George Biddell Airy The late observations of total eclipses of the sun, and the inferences from them 1865 John Tyndall On Radiation
Rede_Lecture
winner in 2016 Sir Frank Watson Dyson, whose observations during Solar eclipse of May 29, 1919 played an important role in proving Einstein's theory of
List of University of Edinburgh people
List_of_University_of_Edinburgh_people
18th-century Dutch-English deaf-mute astronomer, who identified Algol as an eclipsing variable and discovered δ Cephei MPC · 3116 3117 Niépce 1983 CM1 Joseph
Meanings of minor-planet names: 3001–4000
Meanings_of_minor-planet_names:_3001–4000
Royal Navy Admiral (1845–1931)
aboard the screw sloop Peterel on the Pacific Station, then the sloop Eclipse on the North America and West Indies Station in 1877, and was on 'particular
William_Hannam_Henderson
Town in Kent, England
metal frame. In 1904 the RN established a torpedo school in Sheerness, with HMS Actaeon used as training hulk. The school closed in 1922. From the completion
Sheerness
Month in 1918
annular solar eclipse covered only 94% of the Sun in a broad path up to 236.4 km wide, and lasted 7 minutes and 5.69 seconds. The eclipse was seen across
December_1918
(1829–1904, England, C) Max Horkheimer (1895–1973, Germany/US, Ph/S); Eclipse of Reason Nick Hornby (born 1957, England, Lc); Fever Pitch Corinne Stocker
List_of_non-fiction_writers
Month in 1917
Uboat.net. Retrieved 29 November 2012. Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC Besselian elements Chant
June_1917
HMS ECLIPSE-1894
HMS ECLIPSE-1894
Girl/Female
American, Armenian, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Indian, Irish, Italian
God is My Oath; Consecrated to God Abbreviation of Elisabeth; Pledged to God; Form of Elizabeth
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Gold
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
One who has Mastered his Senses
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Form of Elizabeth
Female
German
Pet form of German Elisabeth, ELISE means "God is my oath."Â
Boy/Male
Tamil
One who has killed his enemies
Female
Egyptian
, the wife of Smen.
Girl/Female
British, English
Smart
Boy/Male
Biblical
He has sent his death.
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian
One who has Accomplished his Aim
Boy/Male
Tamil
One who has conquered his ego
Girl/Female
Greek American Hebrew French
From the Hebrew Elisheba, meaning either oath of God, or God is satisfaction. Famous bearer: Old...
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Arabic
Whisper
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant of Ham.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
One who has Fulfilled his Desires
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Eagle.English : Americanized form of French Eglise, a topographic name for someone who lived near a church (Old French eclise, from Latin ecclesia; compare Eccles).
Boy/Male
Hindu
One who has conquered his ego
Girl/Female
Australian, French, Greek
From the Blessed Isles
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Hindu
One who has killed his enemies
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HMS ECLIPSE-1894
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American, British, English
Sea Guardian
Girl/Female
Afghan, Arabic, Chinese, Muslim
Pure; Spotless; Upright; Organiser; Virtuous
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Chanel, CHANELLE means "pipe."
Male
Spanish
Spanish name derived from Latin Salvator, SALVADOR means "savior."
Boy/Male
Tamil
Kameshwar | காமேஷà¯à®µà®°Â
Cupid, Lord of Love
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
God
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Goddess Durga
Female
French
Feminine form of French Pierre, PIERRETTE means "rock, stone."
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Grateful
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
First Stanza of Poem
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n.
An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet.
n.
The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Eclipse
n.
An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of a cone through its opposite sides. The greatest diameter of the ellipse is the major axis, and the least diameter is the minor axis. See Conic section, under Conic, and cf. Focus.
v. t.
To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun.
n.
An ellipse.
imp. & p. p.
of Eclipse
pron.
The possessive of he; as, the book is his.
v. t.
To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
n.
The elliptical orbit of a planet.
a.
Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends.
imp. & p. p.
of Elapse
v. t.
To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing.
v. t.
To eclipse; to hide from sight.
pron.
Belonging or pertaining to him; -- used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun; as, tell John his papers are ready; formerly used also for its, but this use is now obsolete.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Elapse
v. i.
To suffer an eclipse.
v. t.
To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
a.
Pertaining to an eclipse or to eclipses.
adv.
In the form of an ellipse.