Term Gallery logo

1
On the side opposite to them a gigantic conical shadow extended beyond the confines of the ocean of light.
A Honeymoon in Space
2
When the moon moved into the conical shadow of the earth, it went from being illuminated by the sun to being dark.
Reuters
3
The projectile, immerged in the conical shadow of the satellite, experienced the action of the solar rays no more than any of its invisible points.
From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon
4
"But," said Michel, "the conical shadow which the earth leaves in space extends beyond the moon?"
From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon