Antonyms for occulting

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uh-kuhlt, ok-uhlt

Phonetic Transcription : əˈkʌlt, ˈɒk ʌlt

Definition of occulting

Origin : 1530s, "secret, not divulged," from Middle French occulte and directly from Latin occultus "hidden, concealed, secret," past participle of occulere "cover over, conceal," from ob "over" (see ob-) + a verb related to celare "to hide," from PIE root *kel- "to hide" (see cell). Meaning "not apprehended by the mind, beyond the range of understanding" is from 1540s. The association with the supernatural sciences (magic, alchemy, astrology, etc.) dates from 1630s.

As in bury : verb conceal, cover
As in stash : verb hide

Example sentences :

The illuminant is oil gas, with an occulting characteristic.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6 » by Various

And Grantline had recognized the Planetara, and had released his occulting screens surrounding the radium ore.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various

Perhaps a dark ring of absorptive or occulting matter encircles the nebula in nearly the same plane with the luminous whorls.
Extract from : « Astronomy » by David Todd

In the old days we used to depend on occulting lights, but now, flashing lights are much more powerful.
Extract from : « The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler

An occulting light means that some of the time the light is shut off, and at others it isn't.
Extract from : « The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler

This has a group of occulting lights showing white to seaward and red towards land.
Extract from : « On an Irish Jaunting-car » by Samuel G. Bayne

Verde inclined guide-light changes from 1st proximo to triple flash—green white green—in place of occulting red as heretofore.
Extract from : « With The Night Mail » by Rudyard Kipling

And Grantline had recognized the Planetara, and had released his occulting screens surrounding the ore.
Extract from : « Brigands of the Moon » by Ray Cummings

Shafts of brighter light swept across and across the water from occulting beacons set at long intervals among buoys.
Extract from : « Our Casualty And Other Stories » by James Owen Hannay, AKA George A. Birmingham

These lights are also fitted with occulting screens on the Lindberg system.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6 » by Various

Synonyms for occulting

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