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shadow noun

  /ˈʃædoʊ/ , /ˈʃædəʉ/ , /ˈʃædəʊ/ , /ˈʃɛdɐʉ/ , [ˈʃæɾoʊ] , [ˈʃæɾɐʉ] , [ˈʃæɾəʉ] , [ˈʃɛɾɐʉ]
  • A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
  • Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.
  • (figurative) That which looms as though a shadow.
  • An imperfect and faint representation.
  • An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
  • (Jungian, _, psychology) An unconscious aspect of the personality.
 varjo
  • One who secretly or furtively follows another.
 varjo, varjostaja
  • (negative polarity) A small degree; a shade.
 häivähdys
  • An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
 katve
  • (obsolete, or, poetic) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
 kuvajainen
  • (typography) A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
 varjostus

shadowing noun

  • The situation where a person repeats speech immediately as they hear it (usually through earphones).
 kuullun toistaminen
  • (education) A work experience option where students learn about a job by walking through the work day as a shadow to a competent worker.
 varjostaminen
  • The effect of being shadowed (in the sense of blocked), as from a light source or radio transmission.
 varjostuminen

shadow verb

  /ˈʃædoʊ/ , /ˈʃædəʉ/ , /ˈʃædəʊ/ , /ˈʃɛdɐʉ/ , [ˈʃæɾoʊ] , [ˈʃæɾɐʉ] , [ˈʃæɾəʉ] , [ˈʃɛɾɐʉ]
  • (transitive) To block light or radio transmission from.
  • (particularly, espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
  • (transitive, programming) To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
  • (transitive, computing) To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
 varjostaa
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