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eclipse seasons [i′klips ‚sēz·ənz]

(astronomy)

The two times when the sun is near enough to one of the nodes of the moon's orbit for eclipses to occur; this positioning occurs at nearly opposite times of the year, and the eclipse seasons vary yearly because of westward regression of the nodes.

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