Meaning of UMBRA in Tamil

Use in sentences of நிழல்

Meaning of UMBRA in English

• The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra. See Penumbra.
• The central dark portion, or nucleus, of a sun spot.
• The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly called penumbra.
• Any one of several species of sciaenoid food fishes of the genus Umbrina, especially the Mediterranean species (U. cirrhosa), which is highly esteemed as a market fish; -- called also ombre, and umbrine.

Synonyms of ‘நிழல்’

• நிழல்
  SHADOW, UMBRA,

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