Lunar ecliptic limit (Astron.), the space of 12° on the moon's orbit from the node, within which, if the moon happens to be at full, it will be eclipsed. -- Solar ecliptic limit, the space of 17° from the lunar node, within which, if a conjunction of the sun and moon occur, the sun will be eclipsed.
Ec"lo*gite (?), n. [See Ecloque.] (Min.) A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to its beauty.
Ec"logue (?), n. [L. ecloga, Gr. &?; a selection, choice extracts, fr. &?; to pick out, choose out; &?; out + &?; to gather, choose: cf. F. égloque, écloque. See Ex-, and Legend.] A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established.
{ E`co*nom"ic (?; 277), E`co*nom"ic*al (?), } a. [F. économique, L. oeconomicus orderly, methodical, Gr. &?; economical. See Economy.] 1. Pertaining to the household; domestic. "In this economical misfortune [of ill- assorted matrimony.]" Milton.