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path of totality en · NOUN

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1. The path traced on the Earth's surface by the moon's shadow (more precisely, the umbra) during a total eclipse of the sun.
   • 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. 1999, Peter Coles, Einstein and the Total Eclipse, Totem Books, →ISBN, page 11:
   • Over a wider region either side of the path of totality, a partial eclipse is seen. 1993, Jacqueline Mitton, The Penguin Dictionary of Astronomy, 2nd edition (paperback), Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 127:
   • Keep the filter on the camera for all the exposures unless you’re in the path of totality. 1994, Joel Harris, Richard Talcott, Chasing the Shadow, Kalmbach Books, →ISBN, page 79:

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