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Definition of Translucent
1. Adjective. Allowing light to pass through diffusely. "Semitransparent curtains at the windows"
Similar to: Clear
Derivative terms: Semitransparency, Translucence, Translucency
Definition of Translucent
1. a. Transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen; partially transparent.
Definition of Translucent
1. Adjective. Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it. ¹
2. Adjective. Clear, lucid, or transparent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Translucent
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Translucent
1. Partially transparent; permitting light to pass through diffusely. Origin: L. Translucens, fr. Trans-+ luceo, to shine through (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Translucent
Literary usage of Translucent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"Transparent ; translucent ; opaque. Specific gravity 2-068. Analcime occurs
chiefly in ... translucent on the edges. Specific gravity 2'252. Silica . ..."
2. The Design of Steel Mill Buildings and the Calculation of Stresses in Framed by Milo Smith Ketchum (1912)
"translucent FABRIC.—translucent fabric consists of a wire cloth imbedded in a
... If a sheet of translucent fabric is suspended and a fire applied to the ..."
3. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"translucent Fabric.—translucent fabric is manufactured by dipping » wire mesh
into an oil composition which hardens into an amber colored, ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... prisms of translucent lemon-yellow color. Its specific gravity is 3.45, and
its hardness 1.5-2. It is very poisonous. It was formerly used as a pigment ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"... And thee, translucent Esk, with face of blue, While, as enamour'd, the bright
Evening star Looks on thy deeps, its loveliness to view. No. ..."
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