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umbra (s), umbrae (pl)
1. A dark area, especially the blackest part of a shadow caused by light from all points of a source being prevented from reaching the area, usually by an opaque object.
2. In astronomy, the shadow region over an area of the earth where a solar eclipse is total.
3. The darkest region of a sunspot.
4. A shade; such as, a ghost.
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Word Entries containing the term: “umbrae
Umbrae enim trausitus est tempus nostrum.
Our time is a very shadow that passeth away.

Apocrypha: Wisdom of Solomon (c. 100 B.C.)