Explore Occulted through 7 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Occulted meaning
simple past and past participle of occult
Using Occulted
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of occult
- In the example corpus, occulted often appears in combinations such as: occulted by, not occulted.
Context around Occulted
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Occulted
- In this selection, "occulted" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, area, partially, antares and resulting stand out and add context to how "occulted" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include antares was occulted by the and are not occulted for long. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "occulted" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with occulted
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
On 31 July 2009, Antares was occulted by the Moon. (10 words)
On the morning of the 19th, the day before summer starts, Venus will be occulted by the moon. (18 words)
An eclipse obscuration refers to the fraction of the Sun’s surface area occulted or covered by the Moon. (19 words)
Other planets have not occulted Antares in the last millennium nor will they do so in the next millennium, as they pass as a result of their actual node position and inclination always northward of Antares. (36 words)
There is a so-called continuous viewing zone (CVZ), at roughly 90° to the plane of Hubble's orbit, in which targets are not occulted for long periods. (28 words)
When the umbra does not reach the surface of the Earth, the Sun is only partially occulted, resulting in an annular eclipse. (22 words)
Example sentences (7)
An eclipse obscuration refers to the fraction of the Sun’s surface area occulted or covered by the Moon.
On the morning of the 19th, the day before summer starts, Venus will be occulted by the moon.
Also, from time to time Saturn is occulted by the Moon (that is, the Moon covers up Saturn in the sky).
On 31 July 2009, Antares was occulted by the Moon.
Other planets have not occulted Antares in the last millennium nor will they do so in the next millennium, as they pass as a result of their actual node position and inclination always northward of Antares.
There is a so-called continuous viewing zone (CVZ), at roughly 90° to the plane of Hubble's orbit, in which targets are not occulted for long periods.
When the umbra does not reach the surface of the Earth, the Sun is only partially occulted, resulting in an annular eclipse.
Common combinations with occulted
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- occulted by 3×
- not occulted 2×