"umbra recta" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "First attested in Modern English in 1688, although the phrase was also used in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400) in his Treatise on the Astrolabe; Latin: umbra (“shadow”) + rēcta (feminine nominative singular of rēctus, “straight”) = “straight shadow”; compare umbra versa.",
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