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- English Word Eclaircissement Definition The clearing up of anything which is obscure or not easily understood; an explanation.
- English Word Eclampsia Definition A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions.
- English Word Eclampsy Definition Same as Eclampsia.
- English Word Eclat Definition Brilliancy of success or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown.
- English Word Eclat Definition Demonstration of admiration and approbation; applause.
- English Word Eclectic Definition Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic philosopher.
- English Word Eclectic Definition Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; as, an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine.
- English Word Eclectic Definition One who follows an eclectic method.
- English Word Eclectically Definition In an eclectic manner; by an eclectic method.
- English Word Eclecticism Definition Theory or practice of an eclectic.
- English Word Eclegm Definition A medicine made by mixing oils with sirups.
- English Word Eclipse Definition An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet.
- English Word Eclipse Definition The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness.
- English Word Eclipse Definition To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun.
- English Word Eclipse Definition To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing.
- English Word Eclipse Definition To suffer an eclipse.
- English Word Eclipsed Definition of Eclipse
- English Word Eclipsing Definition of Eclipse
- English Word Ecliptic Definition A great circle of the celestial sphere, making an angle with the equinoctial of about 23¡ 28'. It is the apparent path of the sun, or the real path of the earth as seen from the sun.
- English Word Ecliptic Definition A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, making an angle of 23¡ 28' with the equator; -- used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.
- English Word Ecliptic Definition Pertaining to the ecliptic; as, the ecliptic way.
- English Word Ecliptic Definition Pertaining to an eclipse or to eclipses.
- English Word Eclogite Definition A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to its beauty.
- English Word Eclogue Definition A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established.
- English Word Economic Definition Alt. of Economical
- English Word Economical Definition Pertaining to the household; domestic.
- English Word Economical Definition Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs.
- English Word Economical Definition Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits.
- English Word Economical Definition Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time.
- English Word Economical Definition Relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to political economy; as, economic purposes; economical truths.