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Occultations meaning

plural of occultation

Using Occultations

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of occultation
  • In the example corpus, occultations often appears in combinations such as: occultations in, occultations of.

Context around Occultations

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

mutual 1× radio 1×

Sentence patterns with Occultations

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

d and occultations io hidden 1× earth mutual occultations of uranus 1× eclipses or occultations 1× ecliptic that occultations can happen 1× four other occultations in 2020 1× occultations in which 1× of the occultations of io 1× radio occultations by the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

all values of 1× occultations in which 1× once every 42 1× radio occultations by 1× rømer observed immersions 1× rømer s observations 1×

Common sentence endings:

are very rare 1× at various angles 1× eclipses or occultations 1× moons become possible 1× of polar flattening 1× speed of light 1×

Words around Occultations

Just before it in the word index:

occultation 24 occulta 2 occult 141 occt 2 occs 3 occrp 11

Just after it in the word index:

occulted 7 occultic 4 occultism 30 occultist 12 occultists 9 occupancies 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 11 abacos 11 abboud 11 abbreviate 11 abdelkader 11 abdomens 11

Corpus analysis for Occultations

  • In this selection, "occultations" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, mutual and radio stand out and add context to how "occultations" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include d and occultations io hidden and earth mutual occultations of uranus. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "occultations" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with occultations

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

There will be four other occultations in 2020, all visible from the Southern Hemisphere. (14 words)

Occultations in which the larger body is neither the Sun nor the Moon are very rare. (16 words)

All values of ΔT before 1955 depend on observations of the Moon, either via eclipses or occultations. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

It is only when Saturn lies near the point that the moon’s orbit crosses the “plane of the ecliptic” that occultations can happen – and then they occur every time the moon swings by, until Saturn moves away from the crossing point. (42 words)

Rømer's observations of the occultations of Io from Earth The first quantitative estimate of the speed of light was made in 1676 by Rømer (see Rømer's determination of the speed of light ). (34 words)

Rømer observed immersions in C from the symmetric positions F and G, to avoid confusing eclipses (Io shadowed by Jupiter from C to D) and occultations (Io hidden behind Jupiter at various angles). (33 words)

Example sentences (8)

There will be four other occultations in 2020, all visible from the Southern Hemisphere.

All values of ΔT before 1955 depend on observations of the Moon, either via eclipses or occultations.

It is only when Saturn lies near the point that the moon’s orbit crosses the “plane of the ecliptic” that occultations can happen – and then they occur every time the moon swings by, until Saturn moves away from the crossing point.

Occultations in which the larger body is neither the Sun nor the Moon are very rare.

Once every 42 years, when Uranus has an equinox and its equatorial plane intersects the Earth, mutual occultations of Uranus's moons become possible.

Radio occultations by the planet resulted in better measurements of Jupiter's diameter and the amount of polar flattening.

Rømer observed immersions in C from the symmetric positions F and G, to avoid confusing eclipses (Io shadowed by Jupiter from C to D) and occultations (Io hidden behind Jupiter at various angles).

Rømer's observations of the occultations of Io from Earth The first quantitative estimate of the speed of light was made in 1676 by Rømer (see Rømer's determination of the speed of light ).

Common combinations with occultations

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • occultations in 2×
  • occultations of 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "occultations" in a sentence?
An example: "There will be four other occultations in 2020, all visible from the Southern Hemisphere." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "occultations" from authentic English texts.
What does "occultations" mean?
Occultations means: plural of occultation
How many example sentences with "occultations" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "occultations", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.