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baily's beads

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bai-ly's beads
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

In honour of Francis Baily, who first fully explained the phenomenon in 1836.

Questions

What does baily's beads mean?
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.
Where does baily's beads come from?
In honour of Francis Baily, who first fully explained the phenomenon in 1836.

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