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invisible shadow

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noun

  1. (in architectural shades and shadows) a three-dimensional space occupied by the shadow projected by a solid and within which a surface is in shadow.


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They’re not just invisible shadow members of the community.

From The Verge Nov. 16, 2021

His growth was ended by a freezing invisible shadow.

From The House of Dust; a symphony by Aiken, Conrad

Then a great invisible shadow seemed to hover behind her.

From Light of the Western Stars by Grey, Zane

A faintest tiny blur against the stars, a few of them occulted as though strangely an invisible shadow were upon them.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 by Bates, Harry

He walked out into it, and a dozen yards away he became a ghostly, almost invisible shadow.

From The Wolf Hunters A Tale of Adventure in the Wilderness by Curwood, James Oliver

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