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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

The invisible shadow goes on and steals from us. 

From Pageant of Summer by Jefferies, Richard

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 Stevens, William Dodge

The stray cat vanished like a swift, invisible shadow.

From Women in Love by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

His growth was ended by a freezing invisible shadow.

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

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