total eclipse

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   an eclipse as seen from a place where the eclipsed body is completely obscured

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Questions about total eclipse

What does total eclipse mean?

total eclipse means "an eclipse as seen from a place where the eclipsed body is completely obscured".

Is total eclipse a common word?

total eclipse is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.