baily's beads

Baily's beads

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bey-leez]
- /ˈbeɪ liz/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bey-leez]
- /ˈbeɪ liz/

Definitions of baily's beads words

noun plural baily's beads the brilliant points of sunlight that appear briefly around the moon, just before and after a total eclipse 3
noun baily's beads bright spots visible along the rim of the moon during a total eclipse of the sun, just before or after totality, caused by sunlight passing through the moon's valleys and clefts 3
noun baily's beads 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. 0

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baily's beads popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 73% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.