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penumbra

C2 noun

penumbra /pəˈnʌm.bɹə/ nghĩa là vùng nửa tối

Các nghĩa

  1. vùng nửa tối

    A partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse.

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

  2. vùng nửa tối quanh vết đen mặt trời

    A region around the edge of a sunspot, darker than the sun's surface but lighter than the middle of the sunspot.

  3. vùng mơ hồ, vùng trung gian

    An area of uncertainty or intermediacy between two mutually exclusive states or categories.

    figuratively

  4. rìa, mép

    An area that lies on the edge of something; a fringe.

    figuratively

    Thank God we are not all cowards, we have not all a low ambition, which would make men shades, pœnumbræ^([sic]) of their fellows.

  5. phần liên quan, hàm ý

    Something related to, connected to, and implied by, the existence of something else that is necessary for the second thing to be full and complete in its essential aspects.

  6. vùng tranh tối tranh sáng (trong não)

    A region of the brain that has lost only some of its blood supply, and retains structural integrity but has lost function.

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