PENUMBRA
\pˈɛnʌmbɹə], \pˈɛnʌmbɹə], \p_ˈɛ_n_ʌ_m_b_ɹ_ə]\
Definitions of PENUMBRA
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The shadow cast, in an eclipse, where the light is partly, but not wholly, cut off by the intervening body; the space of partial illumination between the umbra, or perfect shadow, on all sides, and the full light.
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The part of a picture where the shade imperceptibly blends with the light.
By Oddity Software
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The shadow cast, in an eclipse, where the light is partly, but not wholly, cut off by the intervening body; the space of partial illumination between the umbra, or perfect shadow, on all sides, and the full light.
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The part of a picture where the shade imperceptibly blends with the light.
By Noah Webster.
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A partial shadow round the perfect shadow of an eclipse: the part of a picture where the light and shade blend.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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An imperfect shadow; imperfect shadow between the total shadow and the full light; where the light and the shade are blended.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A faint shadow or obscurity on the exterior of the perfect shadow in an eclipse; that part of a picture where the light and shade appear to blend with each other.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Latin] An imperfect shadow;—a partial shade or obscurity on the margin of total eclipse, or lying between the perfect shadow where light is wholly intercepted and the full light;—the point of a picture where the shade blends with the light.
