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Give one word.

The completely dark region in a shadow is called.


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  1. The completely dark region in a shadow is called the umbra.
  2. Umbra produced if the source of light is smaller than the opaque object, then there is a certain area of screen from which the light is totally cut off.

Hence, the umbra is the correct answer.


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