( n. )
Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light.
( n. )
Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012