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penumbra (n.)
1660s, from Modern Latin
penumbra
"partial shadow outside the complete shadow of an eclipse," coined 1604 by Kepler from Latin
pæne
"almost" +
umbra
"shadow" (see
umbrage
). Related:
Penumbral
.
