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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

Then a great invisible shadow seemed to hover behind her.

From Light of the Western Stars by Zane Grey

But it was many a day before they met again, though these two also had been born under the invisible shadow of the Dark Star.

From The Dark Star by William Dodge Stevens

The invisible shadow goes on and steals from us. 

From Pageant of Summer by Richard Jefferies

His growth was ended by a freezing invisible shadow.

From The House of Dust; a symphony by Conrad Aiken

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