An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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partial solar eclipse
  خورگرفت ِ پاری   
xorgereft-e pâri

Fr.: éclipse partielle de soleil   

A → solar eclipse when only the → penumbra of the Moon touches the Earth. The → umbra passes either just above the North Pole or just below the South Pole, missing the Earth.

→ partial; → solar; → eclipse.

solar eclipse
  خورگرفت، گرفت ِ خورشیدی   
xor gereft, gereft-e xoršidi (#)

Fr.: éclipse de soleil   

An eclipse in which the Earth passes through the shadow cast by the Moon. Solar eclipses only happen when the Moon is new and when the Moon lies close to the node of its orbit.

→ solar; → eclipse.