[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ecliptic \eclip"tic\, a. l. eclipticus belonging to an
   eclipse, gr. 'ekleiptiko`s. see eclipse.
   1. pertaining to the ecliptic; as, the ecliptic way.
      1913 webster

   2. pertaining to an eclipse or to eclipses.
      1913 webster

   lunar ecliptic limit astron., the space of 12deg on the
      moon's orbit from the node, within which, if the moon
      happens to be at full, it will be eclipsed.

   solar ecliptic limit, the space of 17deg from the lunar
      node, within which, if a conjunction of the sun and moon
      occur, the sun will be eclipsed.
      1913 webster
see also:
eclipse lunar ecliptic limit solar ecliptic limit 

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