Usted buscó: eclipses (Inglés - Xhosa)

group occulting lights show a steady beam broken at definite intervals by a number or group of sudden eclipses.
iqela elifihlakeleyo lezibane libonisa ukukhanya kumile kwaye kophukile kuphumlo olululo ngeqela labantu kutshono olukhawulezileyo.

the supposition was that the seaman could find his longitude by observing the eclipses of jupiter's satellites.
ingqikelelo yayiyeyokuba umatiloshe angasifumana iside sakhe ngokuqwalasela iminyama yezinxusi zikajupiter.

this meant that it soon became unnecessary to attempt to use the eclipses of jupiter's satellites for finding longitude at sea.
oku kwakuthetha ukuba kwakuza kukhawuleza kungabi yomfuneko, ukuzama ukufumana iside ngokusebenzisa iminyama kajupiter.

occ: an occulting light appears as a fixed light broken at regular intervals by short periods of darkness (eclipses).
occ-isikhanyisi esifihlakeleyo sibonakala njengo gxininiso lokhanyo olwaphukileyo kumaxesha ophumlo amaninzi ngamaxesha amafutshane obumnyama (ukudliwa kwelanga okanye kwenyanga).

a lunar event like an eclipse, the occultation of a star, or its distance measured from the sun or from a fixed star could be timed simultaneously in two places.
isiganeko senyanga esifana nomnyama, ukusithela kwenkwenkwezi okanye umgama wayo ulinganiswe ukusuka elangeni okanye kwinkwenkwezi emileyo, ezo ziganeko bezikwazi ukujongwa kwiindawo ezimbini ngaxeshanye.