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Meaning of Baily's beads | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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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.

plural, plural-only

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B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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