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grazing occultation
  فروپوشانش ِ برمژنده  
forupušâneš-e barmažandé
Fr.: occultation rasante  

A special type of occultation that occurs when the star appears to pass tangentially on the → edge of the → Moon.

See also: → grazing; → occultation.