eclipsing
Blocking another's light
Eclipsing describes something that passes in front of another, blocking it from view—or more commonly, something that overshadows or surpasses another in importance or achievement.
Her later novels ended up eclipsing her early work.
An eclipsing binary is a pair of stars that periodically block each other's light as seen from Earth.
Of the star
- lunarOf the moon
- totalityComplete aggregate amount
- coronaStar's outermost atmosphere
- umbraComplete shadow region
penumbra · annular · partial · transit · occultation · syzygy · phases · chromosphere
Surpassing in brilliance
- overshadowingDominating by comparison
- outperformingDoing better than others
- transcendingExceeding normal bounds
- exceedingGoing beyond limits
outdoing · outstripping · surpassing · overtaking · outpacing · outmatching · excelling · trumping
Impeding forward progress
- coveringLayer that shields or hides
- concealingKeeping something secret
- shroudingCovering to conceal
- veilingConcealing with covering
masking · darkening · hiding · cloaking · screening · blanketing · obstructing · dimming
Gradual loss of intensity
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
- decliningDecreasing in strength
- lesseningBecoming reduced in degree
dwindling · ebbing · weakening · subsiding · tapering · paling · eroding · withering
Chief in importance
- secondaryLesser in rank
- photometryMeasuring light intensity
- stellarOf or like celestial bodies
- spectroscopicRelating to light analysis
solar
Of the star
umbra · penumbra · annular · partial · transit · occultation · syzygy · phases · chromosphere · photosphere
outshining
Surpassing in brilliance
- overshadowingDominating by comparison
- outperformingDoing better than others
- transcendingExceeding normal bounds
exceeding · outdoing · outstripping · surpassing · overtaking · outpacing · outmatching · excelling · trumping · besting
blocking
Impeding forward progress
- coveringLayer that shields or hides
- concealingKeeping something secret
- shroudingCovering to conceal
veiling · masking · darkening · hiding · cloaking · screening · blanketing · obstructing · dimming · occulting
fading
Gradual loss of intensity
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
- decliningDecreasing in strength
lessening · dwindling · ebbing · weakening · subsiding · tapering · paling · eroding · withering · receding
primary
Chief in importance
- secondaryLesser in rank
- photometryMeasuring light intensity
- stellarOf or like celestial bodies
- concealmentconceal, hiding, concealing, concealed, hide
- outperformingsurpassing, exceeding, excelling, outperforming, outdoing
- visibility changesappearing, disappearing, fading, emerging, vanishing
- drowning outmuffling, masking, silencing, muting, overpowering
- vanishingdisappearance, vanish, vanishing, disappear, fading
- discriminationracism, systemic discrimination, Jim Crow laws, sexism, racial harassment
eclipsingrevealing
Making known what's hidden
uncovering · exposing · illuminating · brightening · clearing
eclipsingfailing
Flaw in one's nature
trailing · falling behind · highlighting · showcasing · elevating
eclipsingexplaining
Making something understood
clarifying · elucidating · illuminating · demystifying · explicating
eclipse, eclipsed, eclipses, solar eclipse, lunar eclipse, total eclipse, partial eclipse, annular eclipse