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ECLIP'TIC, n. [Gr. to fail or be defective; L. eclipticus, linea ecliptica, the ecliptic line, or line in which eclipses are suffered.]

1. A great circle of the sphere supposed to be drawn through the middle of the zodiac, making an angle with the equinoctial of 23deg.30', which is the sun's greatest declination. The ecliptic is the apparent path of the sun, but as in reality it is the earth which moves, the ecliptic is the path or way among the fixed stars which the earth in its orbit appears to describe, to an eye placed in the sun.

2. In geography, a great circle on the terrestrial globe, answering to and falling within the plane of the celestial ecliptic.

ECLIP'TIC, a. Pertaining to or described by the ecliptic.

1. Suffering an eclipse.
1913 Definition
Ecliptic (ecliptic)
n.(*kl***ibreve]p"t***ibreve]k)
E*clip"tic
[Cf. F. écliptique, L. linea ecliptica, Gr. 'ekleiptiko`s, prop. adj., of an eclipse, because in this circle eclipses of the sun and moon take place. See Ecliptic, a.]
  1. A great circle of the celestial sphere, making an angle with the equinoctial of about 23° 28***prime]. It is the apparent path of the sun, or the real path of the earth as seen from the sun.
  2. A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, making an angle of 23° 28***prime] with the equator; -- used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.
  3. Pertaining to the ecliptic; as, the ecliptic way.
  4. Pertaining to an eclipse or to eclipses.

    Lunar ecliptic limit (Astron.), the space of 12° on the moon's orbit from the node, within which, if the moon happens to be at full, it will be eclipsed. -- Solar ecliptic limit, the space of 17° from the lunar node, within which, if a conjunction of the sun and moon occur, the sun will be eclipsed.

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