penumbral

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

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  1. Pertaining to or resembling a penumbra. This brightness of the inner penumbra seems to be due to the crowding together of the penumbral filaments where they overhang the umbra. C. A. Young, The Sun, p. 116.
  2. Penumbral eclipse an eclipse of the moon in which the moon enters the penumbra of the earth but not the shadow.

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  • This event is thus called a penumbral Groundhog Day, meaning six more weeks of winter. —  Museum Blogs
  • A penumbral eclipse in the run up to Valentine's Day suggests that, in a strange way, you may be better off accepting that you are out of your depth in a key area of life and deciding to stop trying so hard to understand and control everything. —  NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
  • The moon, in penumbral eclipse this week, is pushing you to look at what you have been trying to ignore. —  NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
  • The eclipse is not that interesting as it is a penumbral eclipse. —  Kottu
  • The historian, of course, will discover in addition a penumbral area occupied by achievements whose status is still in doubt, but the core of solved problems and techniques will usually be clear. —  LearnHub Activities
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