01 a. Hidden from the eye or the understanding; invisible; secret; concealed; unknown.
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Hidden from the eye or the understanding; invisible; secret; concealed; unknown.“It is of an occult kind, and is so insensible in its advances as to escape observation.” — I. Taylor.
Phrases & compounds
Occult line —
a line drawn as a part of the construction of a figure or problem, but not to appear in the finished plan.
Occult qualities —
those qualities whose effects only were observed, but the nature and relations of whose productive agencies were undetermined; -- so called by the schoolmen.
Occult sciences —
those sciences of the Middle Ages which related to the supposed action or influence of occult qualities, or supernatural powers, as alchemy, magic, necromancy, and astrology.