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A lunar eclipse occurring as the Moon sets, simultaneously with sunrise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 2007, William Poole, "Antoine-François Payen, the 1666 Selenelion, and a Rediscovered Letter to Robert Hooke", Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 61, No. 3 (Sep. 22, 2007), pp. 251-263 JSTOR This he immediately published, under the title Selenelion ou Apparition Luni-Solaire .... The coinage ‘selenelion’ was his own .... Payen asserted that refraction on its own could not account for a selenelion...
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: horizontal eclipse
Antonyms: none provided
French coinage, from the Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”) and ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”).
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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French:
sélénélion
— lunar eclipse occurring as the moon sets, simultaneously with sunrise
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French:
éclipse horizontale
— lunar eclipse occurring as the moon sets, simultaneously with sunrise
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Russian:
селенелион
(selenelion)
— lunar eclipse occurring as the moon sets, simultaneously with sunrise
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Spanish:
selenelión
— lunar eclipse occurring as the moon sets, simultaneously with sunrise
