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Word Meanings - TRANSLUCENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

translucere to shine through; trans across, through = lucere to 1. Transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen; partially transparent. 2. Transparent; clear. "Fountain or fresh current . . . translucent, pure."

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translucere to shine through; trans across, through = lucere to 1. Transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen; partially transparent. 2. Transparent; clear. "Fountain or fresh current . . . translucent, pure." Milton. Replenished from the cool, translucent springs. Pope. Syn. -- Translucent, Transparent. A thing is translucent when it merely admits the passage of light, without enabling us to distinguish the color and outline of objects through it; it is transparent when we can clearly discern objects placed on the other side of it. Glass, water, etc., are transparent; ground glass is translucent; a translucent style.

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  • CLEARLY
    In a clear manner.
  • INDISPUTABLE
    Not disputable; incontrovertible; too evident to admit of dispute. Syn. -- Incontestable; unquestionable; incontrovertible; undeniable; irrefragable; certain; positive; undoubted; sure; infallible. -- In*dis"pu*ta*ble*ness, n. -- In*dis"pu*ta*bly,
  • TRANSPARENT
    transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent
  • CLEARER
    A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, clears. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding. Addison.
  • PELLUCIDITY; PELLUCIDNESS
    The quality or state of being pellucid; transparency; translucency; clearness; as, the pellucidity of the air. Locke.
  • PELLUCIDLY
    In a pellucid manner.
  • CLEAR-HEADED
    Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent. "He was laborious and clear-headed." Macaulay. -- Clear"-head`ed*ness, n.
  • DIAPHANOUS
    Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear. Another cloud in the region of them, light enough to be fantastic and diaphanous. Landor.
  • CLEAR-SIGHTEDNESS
    Acute discernment.
  • LIMPIDNESS
    Quality of being limpid; limpidity.
  • OBVIOUS
    1. Opposing; fronting. To the evil turn My obvious breast. Milton. 2. Exposed; subject; open; liable. "Obvious to dispute." Milton. 3. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident;
  • LIMPID
    Characterized by clearness or transparency; clear; as, a limpid stream. Springs which were clear, fresh, and limpid. Woodward. Syn. -- Clear; transparent; pellucid; lucid; pure; crystal; translucent; bright.
  • CLEAR-SEEING
    Having a clear physical or mental vision; having a clear understanding.
  • CLEARCOLE
    A priming of size mixed with whiting or white lead, used in house painting, etc.; also, a size upon which gold leaf is applied in gilding.
  • LUCID
    1. Shining; bright; resplendent; as, the lucid orbs of heaven. Lucid, like a glowworm. Sir I. Newton. A court compact of lucid marbles. Tennyson. 2. Clear; transparent. " Lucid streams." Milton. 3. Presenting a clear view; easily understood; clear.
  • CLEAR-CUT
    1. Having a sharp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo. She has . . . a cold and clear-cut face. Tennyson. 2. Concisely and distinctly expressed.
  • SELF-EVIDENT
    Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self-evident proposition or truth. -- Self`-ev"i*dent*ly, adv.
  • CLEARSTARCH
    To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin.
  • CLEARSTARCHER
    One who clearstarches.
  • LUCIDITY
    The quality or state of being lucid.
  • DILUCIDATION
    The act of making clear. Boyle.
  • SEMICRYSTALLINE
    Half crystalline; -- said of certain cruptive rocks composed partly of crystalline, partly of amorphous matter.
  • ELUCIDATORY
    Tending to elucidate; elucidative.
  • POLYNUCLEAR
    Containing many nuclei.
  • HYPOCRYSTALLINE
    Partly crystalline; -- said of rock which consists of crystals imbedded in a glassy ground mass.
  • MICROCRYSTALLINE
    Crystalline on a fine, or microscopic, scale; consisting of fine crystals; as, the ground mass of certain porphyrics is microcrystalline.
  • PHANEROCRYSTALLINE
    Distinctly crystalline; -- used of rocks. Opposed to Ant: cryptocrystalline.
  • ELUCIDATE
    To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.
  • SUBPELLUCID
    Somewhat pellucid; nearly pellucid.

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