penumbra
pi nuhmbruh
- n a fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra
- Serious, important work is done by these practitionersat least, by most of thembut their work is surrounded by a penumbra of popularization.
- Special-ops commandos plied Taliban lieutenants on the leadership penumbra with cash in exchange for secrets about al-Qaeda leaders' movements.
- One little adventuress, known to her kin as Brunhild, escapes this seeming paradise, floating up under the umbrella-penumbra of a jellyfish.