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translucent
[ trans-loo-suhnt, tranz- ]
translucent
/ trænzˈluːsənt /
adjective
- allowing light to pass through partially or diffusely; semitransparent
translucent
/ trăns-lo̅o̅′sənt /
- Allowing radiation (most commonly light) to pass through, but causing diffusion. Frosted glass, for example, is translucent to visible light.
- Compare transparent
Derived Forms
- transˈlucence, noun
- transˈlucently, adverb
Other Words From
- trans·lucence trans·lucen·cy noun
- trans·lucent·ly adverb
- subtrans·lucence noun
- subtrans·lucen·cy noun
- subtrans·lucent adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of translucent1
Word History and Origins
Origin of translucent1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Like thinner and translucent for summer and warmer for winter.
When they are done, the casing has transformed from translucent membrane into chewy, wrinkled coat.
The translucent green polyester has been stretched into door handles, moldings, and even a telephone.
He used translucent fabrics to suggest nudity without ever really revealing very much.
A new facade will be made from translucent plastic panels, with sliding sections that will let the park seem to enter the center.
A band of limestone also occurs at Templeton containing masses of a light-coloured translucent serpentine.
Two of the four walls of the guest-room were of shoji, a lattice covered with translucent rice-paper.
Tatsu had, as rudely, reopened the shoji panels, tearing a large hole in the translucent paper.
Common camphor forms a translucent mass of hexagonal prisms, melting at 175 and boiling at 204.
As they waddled closer they puffed under the weight of heavy belts sagging with rows of odd, translucent instruments.
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