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penumbra

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8 lettersPronunciation /pəˈnʌm.bɹə/Part of speech nounSorted abemnpruStarts with PEnds with A0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra

Word origin

From New Latin pēnumbra, from Latin paene (“almost”) + umbra (“shadow”).

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  • [A]ny penumbral fringe that may be detected cannot be well distinguished from the effects of the true penumbræ; […]
  • The other places see the penumbra of the moon's shadow fall on the earth, so the eclipse is partial, and part of the sun's disc is still visible.
  • In the boiling temperature of 119 ° F – the hottest they had experienced so far – they watched as the penumbra of Venus blurred its outline at the precise moment the disc crossed the sun.

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