Baily's beads

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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A feature of total solar eclipses. As the moon "grazes" by the sun during a solar eclipse, the rugged lunar limb topography allows beads of sunlight to shine through in some places and not in others. plural,plural-only

词源

In honour of Francis Baily, who first fully explained the phenomenon in 1836.
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