lucency

American  

[loo-suhn-see] / ˈlu sən si /

Rarely lucence

noun

1. the quality or degree of clarity or translucence.

   Suspended solids are an essential variable in assessing the lucency of the water, a key issue in the development of submerged vegetation.

2. a clear or translucent area.

   The chest x-ray showed a large lucency on the left hemithorax and a collapsed left lung.

3. Literary. a resplendent quality; radiance or brilliance.

   I felt a gradation move through what I beheld, like the sweep of lucency across a vast sheet of glazed light.

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Etymology

Origin of lucency

luc(ent) ( def. ) + -ency ( def. )

Example Sentences

The corrugated iron of the canneries glows with the pearly lucency of platinum or old pewter.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

Her complexion had the texture of a rose in November, the texture that gains a rare lucency from the grayness and moisture by which one might suppose it would be ruined.

From Poor Relations by MacKenzie, Compton

High manners traceable in him; but nothing of the noble loyalty, natural politeness and pious lucency of Suhm.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 10 by Carlyle, Thomas

Of course you 're breathing the fog of London while I am bathed in warmest lucency.

From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by James, William