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noun • A partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse. • A region around the edge of a sunspot, darker than the sun's surface but lighter than the middle of the sunspot. • An area of uncertainty or intermediacy between two mutually exclusive states or categories. • An area that lies on the edge of something; a fringe. • 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. • (in "ischaemic penumbra", 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. | ||||||||
| 34% | 9 | Shadowy places or figures | ||||||
noun • A particularly bad or mediocre aspect. • In hairstyling, a highlight in a darker colour rather than a lighter one. | ||||||||
| 27% | 5 | Shadowy powerful faction | ||||||
noun • a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue • a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) verb • engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together | ||||||||
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