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Definitions
a fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra
Word origin
From New Latin pēnumbra, from Latin paene (“almost”) + umbra (“shadow”).
Used in a sentence
“[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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