obscuration
Speech parts
1. obscuration - Noun
2. obscuration - Verb
Meaning
The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being obscured; as, the obscuration of the moon in an eclipse.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
film
coat
cover
dark
covering
corruption
cloud
blind
burial
shadow
hiding
obscure
blocking
darkness
coating
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Foreground dust obscuration As seen from Earth, the group lies near the plane of the Milky Way (a region sometimes called the Zone of Avoidance ).
This complicates observational studies of the group, as uncertainties in the dust obscuration also affect measurements of the galaxies' luminosities and distances as well as other related quantities.