Penumbra (disambiguation)
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The penumbra is the part of a shadow where the light source is only partially blocked.
Penumbra may also refer to:
Science
- Penumbra (Sun), the ring-shaped semi-bright region of a sunspot that surrounds the darker umbra
- Penumbra (medicine), surviving tissue at the margin of an ischemic event (such as a stroke) which is in danger of hypoxia and subsequent cell death
- Billbergia 'Penumbra', a hybrid cultivar of the genus Billbergia in the Bromeliad family
- Penumbral lunar eclipse, an eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes through the Earth’s penumbra
Law
- Penumbra (law), a metaphor for rights implied in the United States Constitution
TV
- Penumbra (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), a 1999 episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Penumbra (telenovela), Mexican telenovela
Games
- Penumbra (video game series), a series of video games by Frictional Games consisting of Penumbra: Overture, Penumbra: Black Plague and Penumbra: Requiem
- Penumbra (World of Darkness), a region in the World of Darkness line of role-playing games
Music
- "Penumbra", song by John Ireland
- Penumbra (band), a French Gothic Metal band
- Penumbra Diffuse, the second studio album by American progressive metal band Canvas Solaris
See also
- Penumbra Theatre Company, an African American theatre in Saint Paul, Minnesota
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