| 单词 | penumbra |
| 例句 | The deputy pivoted in the direction of the doorway and shouted at a featureless face broken up in equidistant penumbras by four bars, “Who’s there?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The late afternoon sun was behind his back, so that he glowed at the edges — shadow, penumbra. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z New plants and animals, whether in the New World or the Old, had no such chain of associations, no penumbra of cultural meanings. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But such moments were tempered by the long penumbra cast by Everest, which seemed to recede little with the passage of time. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Burnett’s production gives them a penumbra of disquiet. New Music: Queens of the Stone Age and Mellencamp’s ‘Ghost Brothers’ 2013-06-03T22:05:09Z As a singer, she inhabited an awkward penumbra in his vicinity. The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev by Simon Morrison – review 2013-03-30T08:59:01Z This community of radical loyalty exists outside the officially pious culture of Turkey in the penumbra of its sexual hypocrisy. Review | Elif Shafak continues to resist Turkey’s repressive government with brilliant fiction 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Rigging raises a sheet, in front of and behind which the dancers play with shadows, misshapen ones with extra auras and penumbras. Review: In John Jasperse’s ‘Visitation,’ Mortality Seduces 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z The whole story takes place in the penumbra of grief. Review | Like ‘Freshwater,’ Akwaeke Emezi’s new novel, ‘The Death of Vivek Oji’ explores lives outside society’s expectations 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z It’s a daring move, an attempt to trace the penumbra of abuse across a shattered psyche. Roddy Doyle was determined to write a novel that shocked — and succeeded 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Sun catches in the penumbra of his hair when he turns to face me, and I squint until I fit into his shadow. The Cost of Defying the President 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z A partial eclipse began as the moon edged into the Earth’s outer shadow, called the penumbra, before moving more fully into the main shadow and then reversing the process. Buildup to super blood moon eclipses the finale 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z But there’s also penumbra of envy to it, that at least he had plenty of the sacred to go around. La Dolce Vita at 60: the fame, the fortune, the fountain 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z But unlike “The Overstory,” with its sprawling network of interconnected plots, this is a hauntingly intimate story set within the privacy of one family trapped in the penumbra of mourning. Review | Fresh off a Pulitzer win for ‘The Overstory,’ Richard Powers delivers another environmental ode 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Keefe’s book is as much about this “penumbra of silence” as it is about lives lost and blood shed. ‘Say Nothing’ Unearths Buried Secrets in Northern Ireland 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Spreading out over more than 700 pages, the novel has room to trace the events that motivated Luther before that deadly morning and to explore the penumbra cast by Gus’s death over the next decade. Joyce Carol Oates’s new novel arrives splattered with our country’s hot blood 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z While lit with the penumbra of a spotlight aimed elsewhere, he coolly mimed the smoking of a cigarette with a kazoo. An Experimental Master Gets His Due Onstage in New York 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Dried sunflowers and books fashioned from lead are recurrent themes of a world that hovers in the penumbra between life and death. Anselm Kiefer Raises History’s Ghosts 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z His voice is a baritone croon with an electronic penumbra, in a track that hints at old soul translated into ghostly electronics. Best Songs of 2022 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z There’s a penumbra, this sort of aura, around it. Bernie Sanders and the mainstreaming of socialism: “The romance of big capitalism is stripped down” 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Black and white, but not like in photographs, not even photographs of Auschwitz, where there is penumbra. Terez?n: music from a Nazi ghetto 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z Ilana is the show’s most immediately arresting character, a vim-fueled bottle rocket with a penumbra of corkscrew curls and a smile whose wattage rivals a Broadway marquee. “I’m not saying you’re wrong”: Why Abbi is the best part of “Broad City” 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Love entails a kind of limited visibility, as we peer into the penumbra of the other person and wonder exactly where we’re going. A Dark Ride 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z On NPR’s “On Point,” news analyst Jack Beatty used as a metaphor a description of privacy from Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas: “Privacy exists as a penumbra based upon an emanation.” Physics and culture collide 2012-07-13T18:32:00Z In short, I have lived most of my life in the penumbra of women. The search for my inner ‘hero’: a modern masculinity retreat 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z But there is a penumbra about the Magna Carta, a shadow cast in which its vision of an ideal nearly eclipses the mundane circumstances of its origins. Last Chance: Magna Carta at the Morgan Library: Its Birth Was a Royal Pain 2010-05-21T22:51:00Z The lights moved over his body, placing him in the glare then consigning him to penumbra — hypervisible, then unseen. Adam Pendleton Is Rethinking the Museum 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Maybe it was a fog, or a ghost, or the emanations of the penumbras that come out of the Constitution and offer us guidance. Opinion | If ‘Law & Order’ investigations went like the Supreme Court leak 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z On a December day in the foothills near Seattle, walking into the sun southward and nearly blinded, all you can see are penumbras of emerald-green moss along the vertical edges of the trunks. A Seattle artist’s inspired guide to our majestic ‘Trees of the West’ 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z The penumbra of funk used to extend across Seventh Street — visually, not just sonically. Four art shows spotlight Black portraiture 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z I don’t think my mother much liked the penumbra I cast at these times. Perspective | Of mice and man: Hunting a mouse and missing my wife 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z If a spot lasts and develops, it usually consists of two parts: an inner darker core, the umbra, and a surrounding less dark region, the penumbra. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z I have been studying the Constitution very carefully, including the emanations of the penumbras, and I can see why people might think there was some inherent right to dinner. Opinion | Sorry, but the Constitution contains no right to eat dinner 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z He singled out critical race theory by name but made clear that a penumbra of race-related topics were off-limits. Opinion | The racial ignorance of Virginia’s health czar 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z Connecticut, established a right to privacy that the court said was implied, if not delineated, in the “penumbras” of the Constitution — the same rationale it invoked eight years later in Roe. In Missouri, Battles Over Birth Control Foreshadow a Post-Roe World 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z By mid-April, the orange had spread to include 10 upstate counties, with a penumbra of yellow around them. Hottest U.S. COVID hot spot swells to 3 dozen counties 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z The shadows of Earth and the Moon consist of two parts: a cone where the shadow is darkest, called the umbra, and a lighter, more diffuse region of darkness called the penumbra. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Or are all enforceable rights either enumerated or penumbras formed by emanations of enumerated ones? Opinion | Questions for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z Abortion supporters have to accept the reality that the Constitution says nothing about a right to abortion hidden under the penumbra of privacy. Opinion | Politics and the Supreme Court 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z Promise just this — deep inside the shadow, in the penumbra, my head on your shoulder, us looking the same way for a few hours. 15 California artists go on a wondrous journey in search of ‘peace’ 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Connecticut that the Constitution had “penumbras” that encompassed a right of privacy. Opinion | Why we need ‘Roe’ 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Notice the dark umbra and the lighter penumbra. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z It says that, yes, the Constitution, in its words and its penumbra, does protect a woman’s fundamental right to terminate her pregnancy. Opinion | If the Supreme Court throws out ‘Roe v. Wade,’ it will tear the country apart 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Wade was admitted by its author, Justice Harry A. Blackmun, to simply be a product of his penumbra. Opinion | The Supreme Court should uphold the Texas abortion law 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z The new research could ultimately provide a better idea of whether targeting just the right brain circuit can lift the penumbra that hangs over a severely depressed person. Experimental Brain Implant Could Personalize Depression Therapy 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z In doing so, they have made grand proclamations about the need for historic investments, especially in the penumbra of a coronavirus pandemic that has left millions of Americans facing financial ruin. With bulk of their agenda on the line, Democrats gird for battle over $3.5 trillion budget package 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The Family operates in a penumbra of secrecy formed by the overlap of lax IRS disclosure laws and law enforcement squeamishness about scrutinizing organizations that appear even remotely religious. Bias, theocracy and lies: Inside the secretive organization behind the National Prayer Breakfast 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z At 8:47 p.m. local time, the first phase of the eclipse began as the moon edged into the Earth’s outer shadow, called the penumbra. Glittering moon rises ahead of super blood moon 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z In the beginning, the moon will enter only Earth’s outer shadow, called the penumbra. When to Watch a Lunar Eclipse and Supermoon in Late Night Skies 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z She sensed his depression even as a little girl — he had that penumbra of sorrow about him — and she tried, in her own way, to help, deliberately allowing him to win at cards. Opinion | Happiness Won’t Save You 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z “The intent was to get them tested within a penumbra of some kind of medical supervision,” he said. COVID-19 testing czar: U.S. inching closer to widespread, at-home testing 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z But Trump’s successes are deep in the penumbra of a devastating pandemic, economic calamity and painful racial reckoning, all on his watch. Coronavirus overshadows Trump's legacy in office 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Even Trump — with his limited ability to comprehend written English, or anything else outside his impermeable penumbra of ego — can read the writing on the wall. The Democrats' dilemma: Supposedly they're winning — but their leaders keep on losing 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Today, each of us is surrounded by a penumbra of data that we continuously generate. Don't Regulate Artificial Intelligence: Starve It 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Except it wasn't, because of what my brief brush with the Trump penumbra of fame says about those days in New York in general, and Trump in particular. Donald Trump has tested positive — for the bulls**t virus 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z He addressed the moon— “Oh, you’re a pretty one. Strange, soft penumbra of your light”—then spoke to himself. A Photographer at the Ends of the Earth 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z It will end 79 minutes later - when the Moon exits the Earth's lighter shadow, called the penumbra. Partial lunar eclipse for Apollo 11 anniversary 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z As the late, great inequality expert Anthony Atkinson put it “there is … a certain penumbra surrounding the definition of middle class.” The middle class: does size really matter? 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z New roads carve up the countryside, dispelling peace, creating a penumbra of noise, pollution and ugliness. Cars are killing us. Within 10 years, we must phase them out | George Monbiot 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Still, the penumbra of questions around McCarrick ultimately issues from the mystery about the core of the man himself: Was any of this genuine? Opinion | Theodore McCarrick has been defrocked. Why did it take so long? 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z In explaining it, Justice William O. Douglas invoked “penumbras” and “emanations.” Heidi Schreck Takes the Constitution to Broadway 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Small variations in intensity and colour in penumbrae were detected and used to observe the movement of people hidden around a corner. Shadows used to peer around corners 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z If anything, Donald J. Trump has only made that avoidance easier — at least for the moment — as his penumbra spreads ever more darkly across our land. News from the far side of nowhere: In a crippled world, all the news that’s fit to splint 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z Then came Watergate, with its penumbra of CIA operatives such as E. Howard Hunt and their shadowy misdoings. George H.W. Bush shaped history — but not the way we’re told 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Everything that touches human life is surrounded by a penumbra of associations, memories, echoes and correspondences that extend far into the unknown. Spellbound: Philip Pullman on why we believe in magic 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z At 27, he in his prime but in the penumbra of Spanish soccer at Atletico Madrid, toiling in a league that Barcelona and Real Madrid dominate. Vive le France! And a lot of other nations, too 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z Connecticut, that “specific guarantees in the Bill of Rights have penumbras, formed by emanations from those guarantees that . . . create zones of privacy.” Review | How we balance our right to privacy with our collective need for information 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z It is the effectiveness of the FDR era that finally legitimized the penumbra of Progressivism and permitted its sublimination in our everyday political discourse. ‘Yes, I’m Running as a Socialist.’ Why Candidates Are Embracing the Label in 2018 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z During a more common partial eclipse, such as the one this week, Earth only passes through the moon's outer shadow, a wider but lighter section known as the penumbra. Partial Solar Eclipse This Week—How to See It 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z That diverse penumbra of feelings and impulses, in turn, continuously infuses conscious thought and, ultimately, drives human behaviour. The messy biological basis of culture 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z They even convinced him to surround their future actions in a penumbra of secrecy. All hail the generals! Who's left standing in Donald Trump's administration? 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z Or maybe you caught it and are already craving your next turn under the penumbra. New York Today: Moments of Unity 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z The International Space Station will pass through moon's penumbra shadow, giving the crew a partial view each time. How Astronauts on the International Space Station Are Watching the Solar Eclipse 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z The lighter part - the penumbra - is where only a portion of the sun's light is obscured, causing a partial eclipse. Solar eclipse 2017: What you need to know - BBC News 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z The inner umbra of total eclipse, the outer penumbra of partial eclipse, and the antumbra between these two if the moon’s distance allows an annular eclipse – the Sun peeking around the lunar disk. Eclipse: It's All about the Umbra 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z The massive difference between areas witnessing a partial and total solar eclipse is that the shadow passing over partial eclipse areas, known as the penumbra, is much lighter. A guide to watching the solar eclipse in the Washington area 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z The music maintains an eerie simplicity: Just Moses Sumney’s unearthly falsetto, a handful of sustained keyboard chords and, at times, an electronic penumbra. The Playlist: J Balvin Displays His Global Savvy, and St. Vincent Keeps it Local 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z “The more you wait, the more that penumbra area gasps and dies,” said Brefczynski-Lewis. Portable brain-scanning helmet could be future for rapid brain injury assessments 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Instead, it was in the area called the penumbra. Grandmother charged in Md. infant’s methadone overdose 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z They found it in the refracted glow — or “penumbra” — of the document. Liberal judges set up Trump constitutional showdown 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z The moon will pass into Earth’s penumbra, or outer shadow. Full moon, comet starring in night sky show this weekend 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z “Our study suggests that there’s information in the penumbra of our awareness. We are not aware that it’s there, but it’s potentially accessible,” said Dr. Postle. What You Just Forgot May Be ‘Sleeping’ 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The sanctions’ penumbra has made Western investors cautious about doing further business with targeted firms and individuals, and Rosneft had been expected to tap Chinese and Indian partners, if any. Glencore stuns the oil-trading business with a deal to take a big stake in Rosneft 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Much of the Alt-Right’s output will seem indecipherably weird to those unfamiliar with the darker penumbras of popular culture. Pepe and the stormtroopers 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z A partial eclipse, more frequent than total eclipses, is when the earth passes within the penumbra of the moon. Clouds over Indonesia obscure total eclipse of the sun for many 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z Skywatchers in southern China, south-east Asia, Australia, Hawaii and Alaska will experience a partial eclipse when the Moon's penumbra - the outer region of the shadow - catches them. Asia and Pacific set for solar eclipse - BBC News 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z A partial solar eclipse, more frequent than total eclipses, is when the earth passes within the penumbra of the moon. Tourists flock to Indonesia to see rare total solar eclipse 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z “It’s a combination of a ranch house with what I like to call Jewish Modern — lots of glass but enough wood to keep it on the penumbra of traditionalism,” he said. Tim Blake Nelson on the Upper West Side 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z Eventually, Afghanistan will splinter into fragments, most of them outside the penumbra of protection offered by the weak central government. I fought for nothing: Staggering incompetence, egregious corruption & America’s doomed war in Afghanistan 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z The eclipse will begin at 02:11 GMT, when the Moon enters the lightest part of the Earth's shadow, known as the penumbra, and adopts a yellowish colour. 'Supermoon' set to coincide with lunar eclipse - BBC News 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z If the mainstream debate is robust, its penumbra is toxic. Fighting talk 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z There would be no constitutional right to privacy hidden in the penumbras of other words. Justice Scalia Is Right About Wynne 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z They all live in a penumbra of regret and guilt. The Secret Sadness of Pregnancy With Depression 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z He wrote, mystically, that “specific guarantees in the Bill of Rights have penumbras, formed by emanations from those guarantees that help give them life and substance.” Sex and the Supreme Court 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z But its scientific pretensions, with their penumbra of evolutionary validation, don’t mean much. Why Jeb Bush Should Stop Starving Himself On The Paleo Diet 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Not until 1965 did Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas find a “right to privacy” inherent in the “penumbra” of the Constitution. How to protect privacy in the digital age: a constitutional amendment 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z The nature of the issue and the penumbra of policies it involves forces the issue into the 2016 conversation, regarless of whether Jeb Bush or Hillary Clinton or Scott Walker want it to be. 2016 Will Be the Marijuana Election 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z The penumbra of uncertainty and randomness with which quantum theory endowed nature on the smallest scales would in effect pierce the black hole’s previously inviolable surface. Stephen Hawking’s Movie Life Story Is Not Very Scientific 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z First, a bright white full moon begins to enter the Earth’s outer shadow, called the penumbra, creating a barely-visible shading on one side of the moon, according to Sky & Telescope. Photos: Total Eclipse Makes a "Blood Moon" Unfortunately, the sunlight finds it difficult to penetrate the penumbra of Kissinger, so this isn't the best photo in the world, but it's definitely him, on the left of the pic. Bilderberg Group at 60: still keeping the things that matter private 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Both of these will contribute to ongoing neuronal damage, highlighting the potential importance of preventing pericyte death as a therapeutic strategy after stroke, particularly in the penumbra of an affected region. Capillary pericytes regulate cerebral blood flow in health and disease 2014-04-04T18:24:22.627Z For example, no eclipse takes place from Aristarchus, a brilliant impact crater in the lunar northwest, as that part of the moon remains completely untouched by the penumbra. Minor Lunar Eclipse on Friday: How to See It 2013-10-17T19:15:00.447Z For this eclipse, the moon slides through the outer ring, called the penumbra, of Earth’s shadow. Skywatch: October packs planetary punch, rare shadow dance 2013-09-28T20:28:22Z The following letters describe his enjoyment of the place, but at the same time we can detect signs of the penumbra of the dark shadow that was swiftly approaching. Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography 2012-03-28T02:00:25.040Z Very soon after their formation is complete, tonguelike encroachments of the penumbra appear to force their way across the umbra, and this splitting up of the central spot usually goes on quite rapidly. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z And the concert ended, and soon they were alone together in the flower-filled, fragrant penumbra of the moving carriage. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z For nearly four hours on Friday, at least some part of the southern portion of the moon will be within Earth's pale penumbra, our planet's faint outer shadow. Minor Lunar Eclipse on Friday: How to See It 2013-10-17T19:15:00.447Z According to Mom wisdom, it’s a cozy meal, in a penumbra of pleasure that mingles the fragrant food with the cook. Opinion: Fruit Flies and Love 2012-01-14T18:16:22Z Within this circle, with its mysterious penumbra, human life also seemed exaggerated by the luminous haze which divided it from the partial shadow of the evening. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z Her features were but indistinctly suggested in the penumbra of the dome, but beneath this her bare arms and shoulders, rising out of an elaborate evening gown, shone with a soft warm lustre. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Stationed just beyond the edge of the area of most intense illumination, the audience sat in a sort of violet penumbra whose effect was hideously unflattering. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z Every few years the dossier expands further, as a new dissident emerges from Blatter’s penumbra to provide another sordid story. FIFA President Plagued by Allegations of Scandal 2011-05-29T14:00:00Z But if 'tis thy mood, Like a star that from out its penumbra appears, To float in the regions where madness careers, Fair dagger! burst forth from thy sheath! 'tis good. The Flowers of Evil 2011-05-15T02:00:07.523Z Hence during a lunar eclipse the moon first enters the penumbra, then is totally or partially immersed in the umbra, then emerges through the penumbra again. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z He was not disappointed that this manœuvre surprised a shadow skulking in the penumbra of rose bushes that bordered the steps, the shadow of a man who drew back swiftly when he recognized Matthias. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z The phæton stood in the penumbra between the lights of two windows, and it had not been heard. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z She replied that the Tea Party and its penumbras, though racially very white, are ideologically diverse, with various interests. Currents: The Hue Losing Its Purview 2011-03-11T13:00:58Z The South alone would suffer total eclipse, but the dread penumbra would deepen insensibly over all the continent. The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z During the progress of this partial eclipse the moon would be passing into the earth’s penumbra. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z Wherever the penumbra falls there will be a solar eclipse of some kind, and the nearer the place is to the axis of the penumbra, the more nearly total will be the eclipse. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z But airline analysts are mostly skeptical that the penumbra effect—the idea that these new suites give the whole airline a more luxurious aura—will translate into more passengers buying tickets. Around the World in a Private Suite 2010-03-19T19:25:00Z Such was the picture presented in the humble garret of the poor lapidary, when the eye was enabled to pierce the gloomy penumbra caused by the flickering rays of the candle. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 In the penumbra her eyes came out like dark pools. A Bed of Roses Outside the umbral cone is that of the penumbra, within which the sun is partially hidden by the moon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z While I remained in the penumbra of the half darkened shop, it took the three of them to see the baby properly installed on the bed in the back room. A Top-Floor Idyl What is the apparent magnitude of the solar and lunar diameter, and of the horizontal parallax of the umbra and penumbra of the earth? The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 A mysterious penumbra began to form beneath the trees. Sónnica The physical process is accompanied by a peculiar inward mirroring, which is the psychical penumbra or shadow of the whole business. Naturalism And Religion An eclipse of the sun is called central when the shadow axis strikes any part of the earth; partial when only the penumbra falls upon the earth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z And Porter was still working away, looking ghostly in the penumbra. A Top-Floor Idyl So from Hillario, some effect may spring; E’en him—that slight penumbra of a thing! Calamities and Quarrels of Authors They rode down into gorges, deep crevices, in which reigned a sepulchral penumbra and where buzzards hopped close by the dead body of some abandoned animal. Sónnica And the idea that the psychical is just a penumbra or shadow of reality, which comes of itself and so to speak gratis, is quite inadmissible from the point of view of strict natural science. Naturalism And Religion The fading of the moon’s light, due to its entrance into the penumbra, is scarcely noticeable without direct photometric determination until near the beginning of the total phase. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z The just and the unjust alike were shrouded in its gloomy penumbra as they passed. The Bondboy He of the first series appears in the garb of the sixteenth century, with mind just eagerly striving to peer a little way out of the penumbra of the Renaissance. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science Hence a spot seen obliquely, as when carried toward the Sun's limb, will have its umbra more and more hidden, while its penumbra still remains visible. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I It was an art of an art, the penumbra of an art. Melomaniacs Forebodings tortured him, and in the penumbra of his thoughts seemed to leave something he could not shake off––a vague, haunting fear, as if of some impending tragedy that should wreck their future. Nan of Music Mountain And whether a howler of Turabu or a member of the French Academy, man, in this penumbra of faith and doubt, of superstition and imagination, is much the same. The Book of Khalid The penumbra of a spot was formed by the thinner parts of the atmosphere about the vacancy which surrounded the nucleus. Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works Nor are we without some interpretation of the penumbra. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I The penumbra is brightest at its inner edge, where the filaments present a marked contrast when compared with the dark cavity of the umbra which they surround and overhang. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' If the least of pity played a part in suggesting that her safest course was to help de Spain, Nan kept its promptings as much as she could in the penumbra of her thoughts. Nan of Music Mountain It had a well-marked grayish boundary, and reminded him, though indefinitely fainter, of the penumbra of a sun-spot. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Such fancies, though less crystallized than they must needs be by words, floated in the penumbra of his mind, coming to him perhaps with the blood of remote Highland ancestors, children of mountains and mist. The Invader A Novel They will be greatly elongated; and there will so be produced that "thatch"-like aspect which the penumbra presents. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I A sun-spot is usually described as consisting of an irregular dark central portion, called the umbra; surrounding it is an edging or fringe less dark, consisting of filaments radiating inwards called the penumbra. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' But there glimmers a wealth of truth in the penumbra beyond our lanterns to which science will creep too slowly without the aid of imagination. Apologia Diffidentis The penumbra of a spot is often found to be made up of filaments directed towards the middle of the spot, and generally brighter at their inner ends, where they adjoin the nucleus. The Story of the Heavens The greatest mastery of technique will therefore come short of perfect adequacy and exhaustiveness; there must always remain a penumbra and fringe of suggestion if the most explicit representation is to communicate a truth. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory In this totality of coexisting images no one long occupies first place; it is driven away by others, which are displaced in turn by still others emerging from the penumbra. Essay on the Creative Imagination When a sun-spot has completed its period of existence, the photospheric matter overwhelms the penumbra, and rushes into the umbra, which it obliterates, causing the spot to disappear. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' The idea of change is there, I am willing to grant, but it is hidden in the penumbra. Creative Evolution It is bordered on both sides by the spectrum of the penumbra, which is much brighter than that of the umbra, but fainter than that of the adjoining regions of the sun. The Story of the Heavens Dark temporary spots which are very frequently observed upon the sun's disc: they are of various forms, surrounded by a lighter shade or penumbra. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The terminating edge of the phases of Mercury is not sharp, but diffuse and shaded—there is here an atmospheric penumbra. The Fire People The penumbra will last quite a long time yet, but it will gradually get fainter and fainter. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner The West is plunged in the penumbra of the rays of the blue sun, while the East is illuminated with the purple and burning rays of the ruby orb. Astronomy for Amateurs In a regularly formed spot the outline of the penumbra is of the same general form as that of the nucleus, but astronomers are frequently deeply interested by witnessing vast spots of very irregular figure. The Story of the Heavens As here represented, there are formed complete shadows, called umbras; and partial shadows, called penumbras. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 They are generally surrounded by an aureola known as the penumbra, and sensibly less luminous than the other portions of the orb. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 441 Volume 17, New Series, June 12, 1852 "We are emerging from the black core of the shadow into the semi-illuminated penumbra," said the doctor. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner For five long months our world is plunged in a kind of penumbra; all nature is saddened in the general woe. Astronomy for Amateurs As the Confederate lines advanced, men dropping out of the ranks filled the woods with a penumbra of stragglers. From Fort Henry to Corinth When an eclipse of the sun occurs, it appears totally eclipsed to those persons who are within the moon's umbra, and partially eclipsed, to those situated within the penumbra. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 It will occasionally happen that the Moon gets immersed in a penumbra but escapes the dark shadow. The Story of Eclipses But it was all growing dimmer and dimmer as the penumbra faded toward the perfect light. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner He has touched even the dark penumbra of treason; that could not but risk the sum of his other strivings. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 In the penumbra beyond the circle of the lamp and the white tablecloth Mr. and Mrs. Benny, Nuncey, and Shake were kneeling by their chairs on the limeash, giving thanks. Shining Ferry The light in the alcove flaring in a draft, and the fire flickering, kept the shadows and penumbra perpetually shifting and stirring in a noiseless flighty dance. The Red Room When a series of solar eclipses begins, the penumbra of the first will just graze the earth not far from one of the poles. The Story of Eclipses What is the meaning of these words: atavism; penumbra; semaphore; astigmatic; insouciance; mise-en-scene; kinetic? Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day It must have been an atmosphere which followed him wherever he went—that penumbra with which the gods wrap heroes—which told her he was different. The Nebuly Coat It formed, as it were, a penumbra of fine shrilling, and could be heard for many streets in advance. The Dragon Painter In another minute, nevertheless, I reopened my eyes, for through my eyelashes I still beheld her, all sparkling with prismatic colours, and surrounded with such a penumbra as one beholds in gazing at the sun. Clarimonde But as the three stood there a soft whistle sounded from the bushes across the gully, and Jim Burdon pushed a ghostly face into the penumbra. Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales Perhaps the general reader is more familiar with these mad scenes of "The Pit," as the trading floor is called, than with the steadily turning marketing machinery of which they are but a penumbra. Deep Furrows With his family and his royal visitors, Frederick, his voice already in the penumbra of a dim, unknown, unforeseen, but fateful shadow, took up the strain. In and Around Berlin Well, Albert went ahead, doing his Latin, and groping farther into the dusky penumbra of mathematics. On the Stairs The business penumbra of the United States has begun to cover Mexico. Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 It had a green shade, and for a second or two the Master did not perceive that someone stood a pace or two from it in the penumbra. Brother Copas Of course we occasionally got in a kind of penumbra. Molly Brown's Orchard Home Overhead rode the stars; around him in the penumbra of the lantern's rays the crowd pressed forward timidly. The Mayor of Troy One cannot know the intimate charm of the urban penumbra who makes only shuttle journeys by motor or street cars. Modern American Prose Selections There were no sharp edges of shadow, but instead there was a softly graduated penumbra, deepening into murk. Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain There hangs about us a sort of penumbra,—a strange, indefinable something,—which we call personal influence, which has its effect on every other life on which it falls. Making the Most of Life This is because a sentence directly conveys one proposition, while in its phraseology it suggests a penumbra of other propositions charged with emotional value. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 Those of us who did not foresee this war until we were in the very penumbra of the tragedy cannot complain that our Christian neighbours did not foresee and prevent it. The War and the Churches Our luminous circle of rational perception is surrounded by a misty penumbra of illusion. Illusions A Psychological Study No slapping on the shoulder, no hail-fellow greetings, no chance dinner companionship ever dispelled the awful penumbra of privacy that surrounded even the humblest member. The Stolen Singer But Mr. Davidson's wit is so brilliant within the circles of its temporary coruscation as to leave the outline of his work in a constant penumbra. Adventures in Criticism The world became a sort of kaleidoscope to us, seen in a dream through the penumbra of an aquarium. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 Slowly the heart passes out of the penumbra. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service Beside the world of mystery and the wealth of emotion forming an imaginative penumbra around such a design as Raphael's Vision of Ezekiel, for instance, Poussin's treatment of essentially the same subject is a diagram. French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture In the penumbra of smoke, and the malignant light of an ill trimmed lamp, the Great Idea was to be evolved. The Disentanglers Fielding's voyage to Lisbon was long and tedious enough; but almost the whole of Stevenson's life has been a voyage to Lisbon, a voyage in the Pg 179very penumbra of death. Adventures in Criticism Captain Bewes turned towards Mr. Samuel, who next spoke from the penumbra at the far end of the table. Hetty Wesley Alas! my prophetic soul took it aright; this constraint was the faint penumbra of a disastrous eclipse indeed! The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic I have never seen him satisfactorily myself with such an aperture, but Mr. Grover has not only seen the above-named features, but even a penumbra to the shadow on the rings with a 2-inch telescope. Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. His gaze, travelling past Plinny, wandered as if casually towards me, where I lay in the penumbra. Poison Island Less edifying forms of worship may attract more attention, but it must not be supposed that Râma is relegated to the penumbra of philosophic thought. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 But around the sensation, if one consider carefully, there will always be some fringe of thought or will, and around the memory some margin or penumbra of emotion or sensation. Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals Examining this shadow by the aid of a telescope, I have noticed that it is often composed of a dark nucleus and a penumbra of the shape of an aureola. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky The shadow of the fourth, for instance, is nearly all penumbra, the really black part being quite minute by comparison. Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. The Austrian Empire and the Holy Roman Empire—which was its shadowy penumbra—seemed to vanish like ghosts before him. Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World The Commandant glanced at the Prince, then at the priest, who stood passive, listening, with his back to the wall, his loose-lidded eyes studying me from the lantern's penumbra. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 "Like Mr. Greatheart in the parable," spoke up Ruth, whose eyes had been taking stock of the proposed escort, though he stood in the penumbra and at half the room's length away. Lady Good-for-Nothing The carnation faded under ringing blows; the petals, heaping in the penumbra under foot, were as vividly blue as gentians. The Three Black Pennys A Novel The shadow of the third has a considerable penumbra, and even that of the first is not wholly black. Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. If the insolation has been good, and if the screens have been well gummed so that no penumbra has been produced upon the edge of the letters, a perfectly sharp image will be instantly obtained. Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 They stood aloof, watching the flashy gaieties of the hurricane-deck from their own sad penumbra—a dejected, wistful, whispering throng. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Thus the heyday of Augustan Rome coincides with the darkest penumbra of China. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 All the way back to Denver, while the train ran down through the narrow, crooked cañon, Dave's mind dwelt in a penumbra of horror. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West These penumbras may not be perceptible, but they affect the appearance of the shadows. Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. The light still shone within its pearly shade, and in the penumbra of its shadow the portrait of Andriaovsky occupied its accustomed place. Widdershins The spots produced by washing are more like penumbra, or blurred marks bordering the tracings of the character, and are generally colored. Disputed Handwriting An exhaustive, valuable, and comprehensive work upon one of the most important subjects of to-day. With illustrations and expositions for the detection and study of forgery by handwriting of all kinds The life of a student, with its gracious peace, its beauty, its dignity, seemed to me, as the life of social preoccupation or success may seem to children born to that penumbra, the inevitable thing. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896 It is still more clearly the case when we go outside the sphere of science into its penumbra in literature and conversation. The New Jerusalem The penumbra attending the earth's shadow is usually supposed to render this observation uncertain to two or three minutes of time, or more than half a degree of longitude. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 It stood there, just within the soft penumbra of shadow cast by the silk-shaded light. Widdershins Then he noticed a penumbra round about the form of what might be a small hillock to the left of the track. The Roll-Call The time is most often twilight, with its romantic penumbra, darkening into the obscurity of night by imperceptible degrees. The Inferno When the ascending currents are powerful, they create those appearances which astronomers designate the nuclei, the penumbrae, the faculae. The Story of the Herschels You will note, monsieur," he continued, while the dun penumbra still more and more withdrew him from Leclair's sight, "that great lacunae exist in the scale of vibratory phenomena. The Flying Legion A true literary consciousness—national to the centre—seems gradually to be forming out of all this disguising and prettifying, this penumbra of half-culture. The Glories of Ireland The one in the alcove flared in a draught, and the fire-flickering kept the shadows and penumbra perpetually shifting and stirring. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories She brought Ross in quite casually; yet—What is the mystery of the telltale penumbra round the written word? The Second Generation They may reach the summit of earthly glory and strive to seize the fulgurant prize that lured them on, only to find a penumbra—the shadow of a shade. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 Her steps became feebler, and she strained her eyes to look afar upon the naked road, now indistinct amid the penumbrae of night. Far from the Madding Crowd His glance explored the melancholy penumbra of the long narrow room, resting on the blotched walls, the discoloured rows of books, and the stern rosewood desk surmounted by the portrait of the young Honorius. Summer Theron drew a heavy sigh, and let his fingers toy abstractedly with a ribbon on the outer edge of Celia's penumbra of apparel. The Damnation of Theron Ware It was the first knock at the door of her dreams, the first prismatic ray of romance that had penetrated the penumbra of brutal realities in which she had lived. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California He marries far and near, brings planetary eclipses into conjunction with pecuniary penumbras, and his treatise on the perturbations of Mars reveals equal perturbations in his domestic economy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 The lamplight, striking across his face beneath the greenish penumbra of the shade, discovered a countenance of Hebraic cast. The Lone Wolf A Melodrama "I will defend him, I say, madam, against every shadow, every penumbra of aristocratic insolence." Tales and Novels — Volume 01 Her movements, though studiously quiet, were, owing to the vivid hue of her attire, very perceptible even in the penumbra of the dress circle, provoking attention and smothered comment. The Far Horizon "It's his last chance this season," reflected T. Haviland Hicks, Jr., enshrouded in a penumbra of gloom. T. Haviland Hicks Senior The next circle is less dark, and called the penumbra, because it so closely resembles the penumbra. Remarks But the disappearance of the gods does not yet bring us within the penumbra of history. Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. But now we pass into the penumbra of a greater mystery: 'I am that Bread of Life.' Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV I want to whisper low-toned, intimate talk, in keeping with this penumbra of the dusk. Glimpses of Bengal Selected from the Letters of Sir Rabindranath Tagore The chain of shoals which encircles the island and which appears on our maps like a penumbra, is fortunately broken on several points, and those interruptions afford free access to the shore. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Each end of the passage was capped by a penumbra of dim light, for although the sky was overcast, the open air was not so dark as the intensified gloom of the passage. The Devil's Admiral This report is accompanied by diagrams illustrating the different contacts and the effects of the penumbra, which Cook believed was better seen by Solander than by himself or Green. The Life of Captain James Cook It was a moment before this flat defiance reached the brain of the big man through the penumbra of his mental fog. Man Size "But quite inconclusive," she rejoined, moving onward, the two young men following in the penumbra of her wide hat. The Iron Game A Tale of the War A deep abyss of abdominal discontent, revealing afar the shadow, the penumbra, of the approaching retch. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 It was at Newlands that my health broke down and I saw, or thought I saw, as did my doctors, the advance of the penumbra, the shadow of eclipse which was to engulf my life. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography The woman who had emerged from the dark penumbra of a dead Past, to torture the embryo Baronet, gazed silently at the stern old man glowering there. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story The sun, filtering through worlds and worlds of leaves, shed upon everything a green-gold penumbra. The Cardinal's Snuff-Box She saw the door open and limned in a penumbra of darkness the white comely face of a woman. A Texas Ranger In fact, she saw the light; almost saw the ghost, certainly saw the ghost's penumbra. The Mayor's Wife As if with physical constraint her angry imagination again overcame her, until at length from the penumbra of sleep she passed into its profoundest gloom. Born in Exile What spectacle confronted them when they, first the host, then the guest, emerged silently, doubly dark, from obscurity by a passage from the rere of the house into the penumbra of the garden? Ulysses Rolfe had a shaven chin, a weathered complexion, thick brown hair; the penumbra of middle-age had touched his countenance, softening here and there a line which told of temperament in excess. The Whirlpool Indeed the knowledge of the blow seemed scarcely to have penetrated her mental penumbra. A Texas Ranger From the flaming crimson center to aureate, flashing penumbra it was instinct with and poured forth power—power vast and conscious. The Metal Monster It is, moreover, an organization that has a wide penumbra. The Armies of Labor A chronicle of the organized wage-earners Legal, like natural divisions, however clear in their general outline, will be found on exact scrutiny to end in a penumbra or debatable land. The Common Law Gradually I emerged from the penumbra of that experience with a mind made clearer by trial and with a truer knowledge of life. The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy Slowly the penumbra, the shadow of a shadow, crept on over the bright surface, and as it crept I heard deep gasps of fear rising from the multitude around. King Solomon's Mines Bending over the table, she held the brush lightly between two fingers; the shadow of her eyelashes descended upon her cheeks, and bather her half-closed eyes in a delicious penumbra. The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard About the word smarrita there is thrown a wide penumbra of meaning which does not belong to the word lost. The Unseen World and Other Essays From the top of the terrace he gazed upon this vague form standing up like a phantom in the penumbrae of the evening. Salammbo Orde bowed ceremoniously into the penumbra cast by the lamp's broad shade. The Riverman This is but the penumbra of the eclipse. The Story of Evolution |
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