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How to pronounce “penumbra”
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Pronunciation guide for penumbra
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of penumbra with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 2 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Ethical Algorithm
eradicates kind of the penumbra of worries
- Definition summary
- A partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse.
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How to pronounce penumbra
The Ethical Algorithm
eradicates kind of the penumbra of worries
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “penumbra”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse.
- (astronomy) A region around the edge of a sunspot, darker than the sun's surface but lighter than the middle of the sunspot.
- (figuratively) An area of uncertainty or intermediacy between two mutually exclusive states or categories.
- (figuratively) 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.
- (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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