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apparitions

noun

Meaning

  1. An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
  2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
  3. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom.
  4. The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; opposed to occultation.
  5. A period of consecutive days or nights when a particular celestial body may be observed, beginning with the heliacal rising of the body and ending with its heliacal setting.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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