"Baily's beads" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: In honour of Francis Baily, who first fully explained the phenomenon in 1836. Head templates: {{en-noun|p|head=Baily's beads}} Baily's beads pl (plural only)
  1. (astronomy) A feature of total solar eclipses. As the moon "grazes" by the sun during a solar eclipse, the rugged lunar limb topography allows beads of sunlight to shine through in some places and not in others. Wikipedia link: Baily's beads Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Astronomy, Moon Translations (Baily's beads): 倍里珠 (Chinese Mandarin), 貝里珠串 (Chinese Mandarin), ベイリー・ビーズ (Japanese)

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