Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1.

Darkness; shade; obscurity.

A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.

A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.

The darkest area of an image or photograph; represented as the largest dots in a halftone.

In photography, usually defined as those details or image information contained in the darker areas of a scene.

The darkest part of a photograph and therefore of the halftone made from it.

the darkest portion of a photograph, as opposed to the highlights.

The shadow is the aspect of the divided man that results when desire is repressed.

The buried, unconscious elements of the human psyche; everything except the Ego and the Persona.

A Jungian archetype, embodying the hidden "dark" side of the Self, i.e., the unconscious. Its opposite is the Persona, the image of the public self that one presents to the world, or one's conscious sense of the self (the ego). Part of the hero's challenge involves reconciling this opposition and coming to terms with the repressed unconscious side of the Self. Campbell uses the example of Luke Skywalker's ultimate atonement with Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back.

Jung's term for all the repudiated traits of personality which we consciously reject about ourselves and therefore ignore of. Also known as the Personal Unconscious.

A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.

An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type.

To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.

a also representation of an original

To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal.

a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

follow, usually without the person's knowledge; "The police are shadowing her"

Follow indicated target.

In my column, The Low-Down on the Far-Out, I occasionally refer to something called the Shadow, especially when talking about Mercury Retrograde. The Shadow refers to the area of the zodiac where a planet goes retrograde (appears to go backward). The planet "retraces its steps," so to speak, and appears to travel through that area 3 times: first direct, then retrograde (backwards), then direct again. (See diagram below.) This usually refers to the transit ing planets (in real time), not to your natal planets (in your natal chart). If a planet in the Shadow makes an aspect to your natal chart during this time, you will have three passes of that transit. This means there is more to the situations happening during that time than what you may see on the surface. Those situations will evolve during the time that planet is in the Shadow. See also: Direct, Retrograde, Stationary, Transit. See also the article series on Retrograde Planets, including one article specifically on the Shadow and Stations.

something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"

a premonition of something adverse; "a shadow over his happiness"

an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"

Shadow is that which Amber creates, which seems real, which comes in infinite profusion, but which is not real. Everywhere between Amber and the Courts of Chaos is Shadow. Worlds of fantasy, dotted with faerie forests and orcish castles. Worlds of science fiction, bristling with technology, spacecraft and maybe even Bio-Implants. Worlds like Earth, but variants based on different histories; or like Earth, but inhabited by different creatures; or like Earth, but of a different age. Amberites can walk to any Shadow that they can imagine, and have it be exactly the world of their dreams.

A player who closely checks a skilled opponent.

When a player covers an opponent one-on-one everywhere on the ice in order to limit the effectiveness of this opponent.

To cover an opponent, one on one, everywhere on the ice. As a noun, a player assigned to shadow a specific opponent.

That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower.

an inseparable companion; "the poor child was his mother's shadow"

Square Co., Ltd. computer role-playing game Final Fantasy VI. He is a yojimbo. The aggressive dog Interceptor is his companion.

a harmless, powerless thing

a two dimensional thing of no substance

a very indefinite thing

an exact solution to a chaotic system of equations that remains close to a numerically computed solution for a long time

an exact solution to an iterated map that remains close to an approximate solution for a long time

an exact solution to a set of equations that remains close to a numerical solution for a long time

Shadow is most often applied to inset photos and text to make them appear to stand above the paper or give them additional contrast to set them apart from the background image.

Use the Shadow effect to emphasize text. It produces a drop-shadow behind the text.

3D effect created by illustration programs creating the illusion that text or graphic object is standing vertically and illuminated from the top or side, creating a background below and behind it.

(1) Obscurity within the area or space from which direct electromagnetic radiation from a source is excluded by an interposed opaque body. (2) radar: A no-return area extending in range from an object that is elevated above its surroundings; the object obstructs the radar beam, preventing illumination of the area behind it. As the name implies radar shadows are analogous to shadows caused by visible light.

In radar, an azimuth sector with no echoes because the transmitted signal is masked by local prominences such as hills or buildings.

A dead spot (minimum radiation) caused by the physical obstruction of transmitted waves by a feed horn.

The Shadows are an ancient alien species in the science fiction television series Babylon 5. Their homeworld is Z'ha'dum. In contrast to the Vorlons who ask "Who are you?" the Shadows ask the question of "What do you want?" centering towards desire rather than identity.

"Shadow" is the eighth episode of season 5 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

"Shadow" is episode sixteen of the first season of the television series Supernatural. This episode deals with daevas, beings from Persian mythology as well as black magic.