Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ecliptic \E*clip"tic\, a. [L. eclipticus belonging to an
   eclipse, Gr. ?. See {Eclipse}.]
   1. Pertaining to the ecliptic; as, the ecliptic way.

   2. Pertaining to an eclipse or to eclipses.

   {Lunar ecliptic limit} (Astron.), the space of 12[deg] 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[deg] from the lunar
      node, within which, if a conjunction of the sun and moon
      occur, the sun will be eclipsed.