Umbra

//ˈʌmbɹə//

Synonyms for "umbra" (27 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (6)

penumbra adumbration antumbra apparition dark shade eidolon

Strong matches (8)

ghost gloom haunt mere shadow ombre phantasm phantom

Noun(1 words)

ombre

Related words (13)

revenant shade shadiness shadow shadows numberless silhouette skiagram skiagraph specter spirit spook umbrage umbrageousness

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

1 entries

shadow

coordinate

2 entries

antumbra penumbra

derived

8 entries

Bernoulli umbra adumbrate antumbra penumbra umbra recta umbra versa umbral umbrella

has context

2 entries

astronomy literary

is a

2 entries

fish shadow

related to

13 entries

area earth eclipse guest invite moon opaque region shaded shadow sunspot total phase uninvited

similar

2 entries

antumbra penumbra

Translations

18 translations across 12 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

kernskaduwee noun (the fully shaded inner area of a shadow)

Catalan

1 entries

ombra noun (the fully shaded inner area of a shadow)

Danish

1 entries

umbra noun (the central region of a sunspot)

Finnish

4 entries

sydänvarjo noun (the fully shaded inner area of a shadow)
täysvarjo noun (the fully shaded inner area of a shadow)
umbra noun (the fully shaded inner area of a shadow)
umbra noun (the central region of a sunspot)

French

1 entries

ombre noun (the central region of a sunspot)

German

2 entries

Kernschatten noun (the fully shaded inner area of a shadow)
Umbra noun (the central region of a sunspot)

Japanese

1 entries

本影 noun (the fully shaded inner area of a shadow)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

umbra noun (the central region of a sunspot)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

umbra noun (the central region of a sunspot)

Polish

2 entries

cień noun (the fully shaded inner area of a shadow)
umbra noun (the central region of a sunspot)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

umbra noun (the fully shaded inner area of a shadow)

Swedish

2 entries

kärnskugga noun (the fully shaded inner area of a shadow)
umbra noun (the fully shaded inner area of a shadow)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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)

In order to set up such an algorithm, we need the notion of multiplicative inverse of an umbra. Two umbrae are said to be multiplicative inverse to each other when αγ ≡ u.

Source: wiktionary

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