Usually means: Shadows cast by opaque objects.
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  1. umbras: Merriam-Webster
  2. umbras: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. umbras: Collins English Dictionary
  4. umbras: Vocabulary.com
  5. Umbra's, umbras: Wordnik
  6. umbras: Wiktionary
  7. umbras: Dictionary.com
  8. umbras: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. umbras: Encyclopedia

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  1. UMBRAS: Acronym Finder

(Note: See umbra as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (umbra)

noun:  The fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object.
noun:  (astronomy) The area on the earth or moon experiencing the total phase of an eclipse.
noun:  (astronomy) The central region of a sunspot.
noun:  (chiefly literary) A shadow.
noun:  (archaic) An uninvited guest brought along by one who was invited.
noun:  One of the family Umbridae of mudminnows.
noun:  One of genus Umbrina of drums (family Sciaenidae).
noun:  (mathematics) An element of the umbral calculus.
▸ Also see umbra


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