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Mon Apr 16, 2012, 10:49 PM

Manifestor_of_Light (16,310 posts)

4. Non total shadow.

Umbra is shadow in Latin. Pen means "around".
Penumbra is a lighter shadow, as in astronomy when you have complete shadows and partial shadows during eclipses.

Peninsula -- Pen is around, insula is island. So it's almost an island.

Penumbra is a legal term in reference to rights of privacy.

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5 replies	Author	Time	Post
Understanding the Right's Fear of Sex: How America's Absurd Oral Sex and Sodomy Laws Were Overturned [View all]	xchrom	Apr 2012	OP
Man, oh man...	damyank913	Apr 2012	#1
You need to work on your technique	TrogL	Apr 2012	#5
What's a "penumbra"? Sounds dirty. I wanna try it. nt	DCKit	Apr 2012	#2
Non total shadow.	Manifestor_of_Light	Apr 2012	#4
The federal government still enforces an oral/sodomy law, re UCMJ, Article 125. n/t	sarge43	Apr 2012	#3

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