Baily's beads

Etymology
In honour of Francis Baily, who first fully explained the phenomenon in 1836.

Noun

 * 1)  A feature of total solar eclipses. As the moon "grazes" by the sun during a solar eclipse, the rugged lunar limb topography allows beads of sunlight to shine through in some places and not in others.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 貝里珠串
 * Japanese: ベイリー・ビーズ