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PENUMBRA
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Irregular inflected form: penumbrae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("penumbra" is a kind of...):
shadow (shade within clear boundaries)
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