SHADOW

Shadow

The Shadows are a fictional alien species in the science fiction television series Babylon 5. Their homeworld is Z'ha'dum, and they were the second race among the First Ones to be discovered and nurtured by Lorien, the "First One". In contrast to the Vorlons, whose philosophy is represented by the question "Who are you?", that of the Shadows is represented by the question "What do you want?", centering towards desire rather than identity. J. Michael Straczynski, the show's creator, once explained that he chose the name "Shadows" because of its meaning in Jungian psychology.

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shadow

Noun

  1. A dark image projected onto a surface where light is blocked by the shade of an object.
  2. Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom, obscurity.
  3. A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
  4. That which looms as though a shadow.
  5. A small degree; a shade.
  6. An imperfect and faint representation.
    He came back from war the shadow of a man.
  7. One who secretly or furtively follows another.
  8. A type of lettering form of word processors that makes a cubic effect.
  9. An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
  10. A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
  11. An uninvited guest accompanying one who was invited.

Verb

  1. To block light or radio transmission.
    Looks like that cloud's going to shadow us.
  2. To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
  3. To make an identifier, usually a variable, inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
  4. To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).


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