Meaning of Umbra | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object.
2. The area on the earth or moon experiencing the total phase of an eclipse.
3. The central region of a sunspot.
4. A shadow.
   literary
5. An uninvited guest brought along by one who was invited.
   archaic
6. One of the family Umbridae of mudminnows.
7. One of genus Umbrina of drums (family Sciaenidae).
8. An element of the umbral calculus.

Equivalents

Examples

“In order⟳ to set⟳ up such an algorithm, we need⟳ the notion of multiplicative inverse of an umbra. Two umbrae are said to be multiplicative inverse to each other when αγ ≡ u.”

CEFR level