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  2. Shadow - Wikipedia

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    The shadow of a musician cast onto a brick wall Park fence shadow is distorted by an uneven snow surface. Shadows from cumulus clouds thick enough to block sunlight. A shadow is a dark area where light from a light source is blocked by an object. It occupies all of the three-dimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it.

  3. Shadow (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    The shadow can be thought of as the blind spot of the psyche. [6] The repression of one's id, while maladaptive, prevents shadow integration, the union of id and ego. [7] [8] While they are regarded as differing on their theories of the function of repression of id in civilization, Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung coalesced at Platonism, wherein id rejects the nomos.

  4. Shadow banning - Wikipedia

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    Shadow banning, also called stealth banning, hell banning, ghost banning, and comment ghosting, is the practice of blocking or partially blocking a user or the user's content from some areas of an online community in such a way that the ban is not readily apparent to the user, regardless of whether the action is taken by an individual or an algorithm.

  5. Umbra, penumbra and antumbra - Wikipedia

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    The antumbra (from the Latin ante "before" and umbra "shadow") is the region from which the occluding body appears entirely within the disc of the light source. An observer in this region experiences an annular eclipse , in which a bright ring is visible around the eclipsing body.

  6. Shadow person - Wikipedia

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    A shadow person (also known as a shadow figure or black mass) is the perception of shadow as a living species, humanoid figure, sometimes interpreted as the presence of a spirit or other entity by believers in the paranormal or supernatural.

  7. Shadow government (conspiracy theory) - Wikipedia

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    The shadow government, also referred to as cryptocracy, secret government, or invisible government, is a family of theories based on the notion that real and actual political power resides not only with publicly elected representatives but with private individuals who are exercising power behind the scenes, beyond the scrutiny of democratic institutions.

  8. Eldorado (poem) - Wikipedia

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    In the second, it implies gloom or despair. The third denotes a ghost. The final use, "the Valley of Shadow", references the "Valley of the Shadow of Death", possibly suggesting that Eldorado (or riches in general) does not exist in the living world, or may be extremely difficult to find in the physical realm. Eldorado can also be interpreted ...

  9. Rain shadow - Wikipedia

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    A rain shadow is an area of significantly reduced rainfall behind a mountainous region, on the side facing away from prevailing winds, known as its leeward side. Evaporated moisture from water bodies (such as oceans and large lakes ) is carried by the prevailing onshore breezes towards the drier and hotter inland areas.