A clearance is defined as shortest distance through the air between two conductive elements. Practically all generators and many motors and high-power motors have 3 power conductors: the 3 phase...
Yes. If you take the shape of the moon as seen from earth, and the shape of earth as seen from the moon, and fit them together on a piece of paper, they always add up to exactly one full disk.
When the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun, this is called a "new" moon. When the Moon is EXACTLY between the Earth and the Sun, we call this a "solar eclipse".