path of totality
English
Noun
path of totality (plural paths of totality)
- (astronomy) The path traced on the Earth's surface by the moon's shadow (more precisely, the umbra) during a total eclipse of the sun.
- 1993, Jacqueline Mitton, The Penguin Dictionary of Astronomy (paperback), 2nd edition, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 127:
- Over a wider region either side of the path of totality, a partial eclipse is seen.
- 1994, Joel Harris; Richard Talcott, Chasing the Shadow, Kalmbach Books, →ISBN, page 79:
- Keep the filter on the camera for all the exposures unless you’re in the path of totality.
- 1999, Peter Coles, Einstein and the Total Eclipse, Totem Books, →ISBN, page 11:
- The path of totality can extend for many thousands of miles, and the duration of totality in any one place can be as long as about seven minutes.