1) Anticipation 2) Foreshadowing 3) Prediction 4) Prefiguration 5) Prevision 6) Representing beforehand 
• (n.) A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing. • (n.) The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth. • (n.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.
Ad`um·bra'tion noun [ Latin adumbratio .] 1. The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth. 2. A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing. « Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth. Bp. Horsley. » 3. (Her.)...
In heraldry, adumbration is the shadow or outlines of a figure.
[n] - a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation
adumbration 1. The act of making a shadow or faint resemblance. 2. The shadowing or partial concealment of an area. 3. A faint sketch; an imperfect representation of a thing. 4. In heraldry, the shadow only of a figure, outlined, and painted of a color darker than the field.
noun a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation