penumbrae (0 synonym found)

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Definition of penumbrae:

(n) : A partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse.
(n) : (astronomy) A region around the edge of a sunspot, darker than the sun's surface but lighter than the middle of the sunspot.
(n) : (figuratively) An area of uncertainty or intermediacy between two mutually exclusive states or categories.
(n) : (figuratively) An area that lies on the edge of something; a fringe.
(n) : Something related to, connected to, and implied by, the existence of something else that is necessary for the second thing to be full and complete in its essential aspects.
(n) : (medicine, preceded by "ischaemic", after a stroke) A region of the brain that has lost only some of its blood supply, and retains structural integrity but has lost function.
Definition of penumbrae:

(n) : A partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse.
(n) : (astronomy) A region around the edge of a sunspot, darker than the sun's surface but lighter than the middle of the sunspot.
(n) : (figuratively) An area of uncertainty or intermediacy between two mutually exclusive states or categories.
(n) : (figuratively) An area that lies on the edge of something; a fringe.
(n) : Something related to, connected to, and implied by, the existence of something else that is necessary for the second thing to be full and complete in its essential aspects.
(n) : (medicine, preceded by "ischaemic", after a stroke) A region of the brain that has lost only some of its blood supply, and retains structural integrity but has lost function.
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