Definition of Baily's beads
Bai´ly's beads
1.
(Astron.)
A
row
of
bright
spots
observed
in
connection
with
total
eclipses
of
the
sun
.
Just
before
and
after
a
total
eclipse
,
the
slender
,
unobscured
crescent
of
the
sun
'
s
disk
appears
momentarily
like
a
row
of
bright
spots
resembling
a
string
of
beads
.
The
phenomenon
(
first
fully
described
by
Francis
Baily
,
1774
-
1844
)
is
thought
to
be
an
effect
of
irradiation
,
and
of
inequalities
of
the
moon
'
s
edge
.
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