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1. eclipse
1.a eclipse astronomical event
quae ratio [...] faciat [...] defectionem Solis ac Lunae
‘why it causes the eclipse of sun and moon’
Summa enim velocitas transeuntium est, ideoque omnis defectio siderum brevis est quia cito illa idem cursus qui admoverat abstrahit.
‘For, the velocity of stars in transit is very great. Consequently, every eclipse of stars is brief because the same motion that brought them rapidly together separates them rapidly.’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). defectio (Lemma #850). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/850/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). defectio (Lemma #850). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/850/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). defectio (Lemma #850). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/850/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) defectio (Lemma #850), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/850/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac850,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2024},
title = {defectio ({Lemma} #850)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/850/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/850/},
}