eclipse(1) (iou) and lateral vestibular nucleus (medicine)

eclipse(1) (iou)

eclipse noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French e(s)clipse (mod. eclipse) from Latin eclipsis from Greek ekleipsis, from ekleipein be eclipsed, leave its place, fail to appear, from ek- EX-2 + leipein leave.]
The interception of the light of a celestial object by the intervention of another object between that object and the observer, or between that object and what illuminates it (as when a satellite enters the shadow of its primary). ME.
annular eclipse: see ANNULAR 1. eclipse of the moon, lunar eclipse: caused by the interposition of the earth between the sun and moon, such that the moon is darkened. eclipse of the sun, solar eclipse: caused by the interposition of the moon between the sun and earth, covering all or part of the sun's disc as seen from the earth. lunar eclipse: see eclipse of the moon above. solar eclipse: see eclipse of the sun above. total eclipse: see TOTAL adjective.
James Harris Often had mankind seen the sun in eclipse.
b. A temporary or permanent deprivation of light. E16.
Milton Blind among enemies..Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse.
fig. Obscuration, obscurity; dimness; loss of brilliance or splendour. LME.
G. Huntington His interest in a subject could undergo an eclipse and disappear altogether. W. S. Churchill Jackson, from whom so much had been hoped, appeared in physical eclipse.
Ornithology. A plumage-phase of a bird (esp. of a male duck) during a post-nuptial moult when distinctive marking or coloration tends to become obscured. M19.
D. A. Bannerman The male [mallard] in eclipse resembles the female closely.

lateral vestibular nucleus (medicine)

lateral vestibular nucleus
Nucleus vestibularis lateralis.

See: vestibular nucleus.

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