penumbral

• “This event is thus called a penumbral Groundhog Day, meaning six more weeks of winter.”

  Museum Blogs

• “A slight effect known as the penumbral phase may be seen for as much as an hour longer.”

  The Washington Post: In a rarity, both lunar eclipse and winter solstice to occur Tuesday

• “His was what the doctors call a penumbral mental condition.”

  Three Men and a Maid

• “Everyone knocks the "penumbral" rights but we could use a few more of them.”

  I think I've found the ultimate in anti-Palin gas-baggery.

• “How can you argue a general "penumbral" power when there's a specific clause that forbids it?”

  Balkinization

• “A partial eclipse is seen within the much broader path of the Moon's penumbral shadow, which includes eastern Europe, most of Africa, Asia, and Indonesia.”

  Solar Eclipse in Nepal, South Asia

• “A partial eclipse is seen within the much broader path of the Moon's penumbral shadow, which includes most of eastern Asia, Indonesia, and the Pacific Ocean.”

  Watch Total Solar Eclipse from Nepal

• “It would only explain the existence of those penumbral connections if it was part of the meaning of names and demonstratives that they fill some kind of inferential role.”

  The Problem of the Many

• “Objection: The penumbral connections here are not precisely specified.”

  The Problem of the Many

• “So as long as there is a penumbral connection between Sam's word ˜that™ and Alex's word”

  The Problem of the Many

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