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penumbra <pl penumbras or penumbrae [-briː]> [Am pəˈnəmbrə, Brit pɪˈnʌmbrə] N

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If two penumbras overlap, the shadows appear to attract and merge.
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There was, however, a penumbra relating to money payments in which imprisonment could be used in appropriately defined circumstances.
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An alternative definition is that the penumbra is the region where "some or all" of the light source is obscured (i.e., the umbra is a subset of the penumbra).
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Observing the variation in width of the penumbra of a sunspot near the limb, he concluded the sunspots were depressions in the generally spherical photosphere.
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It is believed that mitochondria play an essential role in the metabolism of astrocyte energy within the penumbra of ischemic lesions.
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These images have allowed vision into the brain to see the areas of tissue that may be salvaged, the penumbra.
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This viable area has the ability to regenerate with the help of pharmacological treatment however most patients with penumbra are left untreated.
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The lunar shadow would be divided into two area, the umbra and the penumbra.
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Co source is about 2 cm in diameter and as a result produces a geometric penumbra, making the edge of the radiation field fuzzy.
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These three centuries are characterized by acts of war of conquest times and the historical penumbra colonial times.
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