Explore Obscuration through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Obscuration meaning
- The state of being obscured.
- A unit of measurement used in particular for smoke detectors which respond to absorption of light by smoke, in percent absorption per unit length, e.g. % obs/ft, % obs/m.
Using Obscuration
- The main meaning on this page is: The state of being obscured. | A unit of measurement used in particular for smoke detectors which respond to absorption of light by smoke, in percent absorption per unit length, e.g. % obs/ft, % obs/m.
- In the example corpus, obscuration often appears in combinations such as: mountain obscuration, obscuration remains, obscuration across.
Context around Obscuration
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Obscuration
- In this selection, "obscuration" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dust, eclipse and refers stand out and add context to how "obscuration" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an eclipse obscuration refers to and foreground dust obscuration as seen. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "obscuration" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with obscuration
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An eclipse obscuration refers to the fraction of the Sun’s surface area occulted or covered by the Moon. (19 words)
Foreground dust obscuration As seen from Earth, the group lies near the plane of the Milky Way (a region sometimes called the Zone of Avoidance ). (25 words)
This complicates observational studies of the group, as uncertainties in the dust obscuration also affect measurements of the galaxies' luminosities and distances as well as other related quantities. (28 words)
This complicates observational studies of the group, as uncertainties in the dust obscuration also affect measurements of the galaxies' luminosities and distances as well as other related quantities. (28 words)
Foreground dust obscuration As seen from Earth, the group lies near the plane of the Milky Way (a region sometimes called the Zone of Avoidance ). (25 words)
An eclipse obscuration refers to the fraction of the Sun’s surface area occulted or covered by the Moon. (19 words)
Example sentences (3)
An eclipse obscuration refers to the fraction of the Sun’s surface area occulted or covered by the Moon.
Foreground dust obscuration As seen from Earth, the group lies near the plane of the Milky Way (a region sometimes called the Zone of Avoidance ).
This complicates observational studies of the group, as uncertainties in the dust obscuration also affect measurements of the galaxies' luminosities and distances as well as other related quantities.
Common combinations with obscuration
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: