semitranslucent
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of semitranslucent
First recorded in 1825–35; semi- + translucent
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The design also weaves Loewe’s pebble texture and On’s signature semitranslucent mesh, bound together with drawstring elastic laces for an athletic shoe with luxury flair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
Now it’s semitranslucent, white tubes like branches on a tree showing through.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2022
The stone can be clear or have a semitranslucent milky-white tone, and it features stringy green inclusions that give it a mossy appearance.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2022
Says University of Florida Zoologist Archie Carr, an authority on sea turtles: "Any kind of film or semitranslucent material appears to look like jellyfish to them."
From Time Magazine Archive
Characteristic of Zuñi windows, and also of those of the neighboring pueblo of Acoma, is the use of semitranslucent slabs of selenite, about 1 inch in thickness and of irregular form.
From A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 by Henry Hobart Nichols
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