The word is used in astronomy -LRB- see below -RRB- and can also be used in a general -LRB- non-astronomical -RRB- sense to describe when an object in the foreground occults -LRB- covers up -RRB- objects in the background .

It can also be used in a non-astronomical sense to describe when an object in the foreground occults -LRB- covers up -RRB- objects in the background .
