umbra

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[edit] English

From Latin umbra (shadow)

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Singular
umbra

Plural
umbras or umbrae

umbra (plural umbras or umbrae)

  1. A shadow.
  2. (astronomy) The central region of a sunspot

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[edit] Noun

umbra (umbrae umbrae); f., first declension

  1. a shadow

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