Penumbra

//pəˈnʌm.bɹə//

Synonyms for "penumbra" (11 found)

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Noun(2 words)
grey areaoutskirt

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Noun(1 words)
periphery

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Translations

48 translations across 37 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • halfskaduwee noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)
  • penumbra noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Arabic

1 entries
  • شِبْه ظِلّ noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Armenian

1 entries
  • կիսաստվեր noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • ala-kölgə noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Basque

1 entries
  • ilunantz noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • паўце́нь noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • полуся́нка noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Catalan

1 entries
  • penombra noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 半影 noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Czech

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  • polostín noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Dutch

1 entries
  • halfschaduw noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • duonombro noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Finnish

3 entries
  • penumbra noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)
  • penumbra noun (region around a sunspot)
  • puolivarjo noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

French

2 entries
  • pénombre noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)
  • pénombre noun (region around a sunspot)

Galician

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  • penumbra noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ნახევარჩრდილი noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)
  • პენუმბრა noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

German

2 entries
  • Halbschatten noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)
  • Penumbra noun (region around a sunspot)

Greek

1 entries
  • παρασκιά noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Hebrew

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  • צל חלקי noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • félárnyék noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Ido

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  • miombro noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Italian

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  • penombra noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 半影 noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Korean

2 entries
  • 본그림자 noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)
  • 본영 noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Malay

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  • penumbra noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Nahuatl

1 entries
  • achicehualli noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • penumbra noun (region around a sunspot)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • penumbra noun (region around a sunspot)

Polish

2 entries
  • penumbra noun (region around a sunspot)
  • półcień noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Portuguese

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  • penumbra noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Romanian

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  • penumbră noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Russian

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  • полуте́нь noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Slovak

1 entries
  • polotieň noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Spanish

2 entries
  • penumbra noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)
  • penumbra noun (region around a sunspot)

Swedish

3 entries
  • halvskugga noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)
  • penumbra noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)
  • penumbra noun (region around a sunspot)

Thai

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  • เงามัว noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

Ukrainian

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  • півті́нь noun (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse)

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A total solar eclipse, or a complete blocking out of the Sun's light, can only be seen by those who live in the area covered by the umbra. People who live in the area of the Earth covered by the penumbra will see a partial eclipse.

Source: tatoeba (3961095)

[A]ny penumbral fringe that may be detected cannot be well distinguished from the effects of the true penumbræ; […]

Source: wiktionary

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.

Source: wiktionary

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.

Source: wiktionary

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