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What is an obscuration?

What is an obscuration? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. the state of being obscured
  2. a unit of measurement used in particular for smoke detectors which respond to absorption of light by smoke, in percent absorption per unit length, e.g. % obs/ft, % obs/m.
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The maximum obscuration of the sun takes place exactly at sunrise, so the best place to be to see it is the Yorkshire Coast with the horizon provided by the North Sea.
Baalism, the name given to the worship of natural causes, tending to the obscuration and denial of the worship of God as Spirit.
That they both refer to the temporary eclipse, seclusion, or obscuration of a brilliant being, is evident.
They are also susceptible to local obscuration on the upslope side under moist flows from practically any direction.
This results very easily in strong obscuration and influence on the antenna by these other objects.
As the obscuration of the Sun increases the sky darkens, although it never gets as black as dead of night.

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