Online Resource Library
Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadNoah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Umbra
Subjects in this Topic:
(1):
(n.) The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly called penumbra.
(2):
(n.) The central dark portion, or nucleus, of a sun spot.
(3):
(n.) Any one of several species of sciaenoid food fishes of the genus Umbrina, especially the Mediterranean species (U. cirrhosa), which is highly esteemed as a market fish; -- called also ombre, and umbrine.
(4):
(n.) The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra. See Penumbra.