occult: meaning and definitions

Of, relating to, or dealing with supernatural influences, agencies, or phenomena.

Beyond the realm of human comprehension; inscrutable.

Available only to the initiate; secret: occult lore. See Synonyms at mysterious.

Hidden from view; concealed.

Medicine Detectable only by microscopic examination or chemical analysis, as a minute blood sample.

Not accompanied by readily detectable signs or symptoms: occult carcinoma.

Occult practices or techniques: a student of the occult.

To conceal or cause to disappear from view.

Astronomy To conceal by occultation: The moon occulted Mars.

To become concealed or extinguished at regular intervals: a lighthouse beacon that occults every 45 seconds.