apparition

Meaning

Noun

  • An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
  • The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
  • An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom.
  • The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; opposed to occultation.
  • 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.

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Origin

  • From Middle French apparition, from Latin apparitio, from appareo.

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