Definitions from Wiktionary (adumbration)
▸ noun: (uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
▸ noun: (countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
▸ noun: (specifically, heraldry, rare) The supposed practice of displaying only outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
▸ noun: (countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
▸ noun: (countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
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▸ noun: (uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
▸ noun: (countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
▸ noun: (specifically, heraldry, rare) The supposed practice of displaying only outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
▸ noun: (countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
▸ noun: (countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
Similar:
shadowiness,
shadow,
darkness,
umbrosity,
shadiness,
dimness,
obscuration,
infuscation,
antishadow,
obnubilation,
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