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What is a solar eclipse?

What is a solar eclipse? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (astronomy) A phenomenon occurring when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun.
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Local residents will have the opportunity to view a partial solar eclipse next Tuesday morning, reported the Youth Daily.
South Africans will see a partial lunar eclipse but will miss a solar eclipse.
Because Mercury and Venus are sunward of the Earth they, like the Moon during a solar eclipse, may pass across the face of the Sun.
The foliage of a tree provides a set of natural pinhole cameras, producing crescent images during the partial phase of a solar eclipse.
Apparently there is often a crash in prices within a few days of a lunar eclipse and within six weeks of a solar eclipse.
In August 1999 the skies above Swindon were darkened during a total solar eclipse.

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