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1
a time or place of little or no light
- strange noises were coming from the wooded umbra beyond our campfire
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- blaze,
- brightness,
- brilliance,
- day,
- daylight,
- glare,
- glow,
- light,
- lightness
2
partial darkness due to the obstruction of light rays
- during a solar eclipse observers located within the umbra experience a complete blocking of the sun by the moon
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“Umbra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/umbra. Accessed 30 Jul. 2021.
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The first known use of umbra was in 1638
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