translucent
adjective
permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible.
translucence
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a word derived from
translucent.
Example Sentences
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Some shrimp varieties don’t turn pink or orange when cooked, and some curl into tight spirals while others barely form a crescent when heated, so the best indicator is the shift from translucence to opacity.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
As handy as translucence might be for evading predators, it is rare in animals that live on land.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2022
Machado Silvetti’s fluid oval pavilion brought a soft translucence to this overstuffed intersection; it is in conversation with all the capital “A” architecture without trying to compete with it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2022
But they also made a lot of music that was slick to the point of translucence, lifestyle product that demanded little more of its listener than their wallet.
From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2020
He had a colorless translucence about him that made him seem as if he were in the earliest stages of progressive invisibility.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
