Translucent
[træns'luːs(ə)nt;trɑːns-;-nz-] or [træns'lusnt]
Definition
(adj.) allowing light to pass through diffusely; 'translucent amber'; 'semitransparent curtains at the windows' .
Inputed by Addie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen; partially transparent.
(a.) Transparent; clear.
Typed by Dave
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Semi-transparent (admitting rays of light, but not capable of being distinctly seen through).[2]. Transparent.
Checker: Patty
Definition
adj. shining through: allowing light to pass but not transparent: clear.—ns. Translū′cence Translū′cency.—adv. Translū′cently.—adj. Translū′cid translucent.
Typist: Norton
Examples
- The atmosphere was grey and translucent, the birds sang sharply on the young twigs, the earth would be quickening and hastening in growth. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A great deal of the tremendous present popularity of motion pictures is due to the invention of the translucent film. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She had the perfect candour of creation, something translucent and simple, like a radiant, shining flower that moment unfolded in primal blessedness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They are square-topped, and are edged with translucent, hardish tissue, as if for crushing food. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- When the sisters came to Willey Water, the lake lay all grey and visionary, stretching into the moist, translucent vista of trees and meadow. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Of course, there were no films in those days and the inventor had used translucent glass to obtain the results. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Norton