antumbra
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English
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Noun
1.3.1
Related terms
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antumbra
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Diagram of a large light source and a smaller
occulting
body, showing the relationships between the
umbra
, the region that receives no light from the source, so that it is fully shaded, the
penumbra
that receives light from only one part of the rim of the source, so that it is partly shaded, and the
antumbra
, that is so far from the occulting body that it receives light from the rim all the way around the source, though not from the full area of the light source.
Etymology
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From
ante-
(
“
before
”
)
+
umbra
(
“
shadow
”
)
.
Pronunciation
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IPA
(
key
)
:
/ænˈtʌm.bɹə/
,
/ˈæn.tʌm.bɹə/
Noun
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antumbra
(
plural
antumbrae
)
(
rare
)
The region from which an
occulting
body appears entirely contained within the
disc
of the
light source
.
Related terms
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English terms prefixed with ante-
See
umbra#Derived_terms
Anagrams
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]
rambutan
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