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Từ điển LongMan Dictionary
penumbra
 pe‧num‧bra/pəˈnʌmbrə, pɪˈnʌmbrə/ noun [COUNTABLE]
[date : 1600-1700; Language : Modern Latin; Origin : Latin paene 'almost' + umbra 'shadow']
technical an area of slight darkness
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In other words, the First Amendment has a penumbra where privacy is protected from governmental intrusion.
▪ She kept hitting my forehead, and penumbra replaced myopia, and my arms fell away, no longer offering interference.
▪ The area round it was hidden in the penumbra.
▪ The right of association contained in the penumbra of the First Amendment is one, as we have seen.
▪ Thus, beyond the specifically theological reasons for unionism, there is a broader penumbra of social concerns.
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