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total solar eclipse comparison table

Subject	has definition	is a kind of	is an instance of
solar eclipse	An eclipse in which the Earth passes through the shadow cast by the Moon. It may be total (observer in the Moon's umbra), partial (observer in the Moon's penumbra), or annular. (See eclipse, annular.)	eclipse
total solar eclipse	A solar eclipse in which the solar disk is completely covered at maximum eclipse.		solar eclipse

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