translucent
permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
easily understandable; lucid: a translucent explication.
clear; transparent: translucent seawater.
Origin of translucent
1synonym study For translucent
Opposites for translucent
Other words from translucent
- trans·lu·cence, trans·lu·cen·cy, noun
- trans·lu·cent·ly, adverb
- sub·trans·lu·cence, noun
- sub·trans·lu·cen·cy, noun
- sub·trans·lu·cent, adjective
Words that may be confused with translucent
- translucent , transparent (see synonym study at transparent)
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How to use translucent in a sentence
The menu bar is taller and more translucent, changing with different backgrounds and as the system toggles between light and dark mode.
The grille itself is completely closed off, with lidar, camera, and radar tucked behind a translucent surface underneath the grille.
If you’re willing to shell out some extra cash when you place your order, you can get translucent roof panels that filter UV light so you have a view even when the top is on.
The 2022 GMC electric Hummer looks a lot different than you might expect | Stan Horaczek | October 21, 2020 | Popular-ScienceA translucent fuel tank helps you keep track of gas consumption, and at only 11 pounds, it won’t tire you out in the middle of a job.
Leaf blowers that help you fight fallen foliage | PopSci Commerce Team | September 25, 2020 | Popular-ScienceHeather Steadman, a nurse at a CSL Plasma donation center near Pittsburgh, was about to enter a tiny closed-door room to administer an exam when the doctor handed her a mask in a translucent wrapper labeled KN95.
Foreign Masks, Fear and a Fake Certification: Staff at CSL Plasma Say Conditions at Donation Centers Aren’t Safe | by J. David McSwane | September 21, 2020 | ProPublica
And the sailing ships, as if cut out of frailest pearl translucency, were wafting away towards Naples.
Sea and Sardinia | D. H. LawrenceThese waving strata are distinguishable from one another by their different densities, and by their degrees of translucency.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreAll china, then, has in a greater or less degree this quality of translucency.
Pottery and Porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 | Charles Wyllys ElliottThis hard porcelain has always the two qualities of hardness and translucency.
Pottery and Porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 | Charles Wyllys ElliottOriental china (and all true porcelain) has the quality of hardness, and, when held up to the light, of translucency.
Pottery and Porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 | Charles Wyllys Elliott
British Dictionary definitions for translucent
/ (trænzˈluːsənt) /
allowing light to pass through partially or diffusely; semitransparent
Origin of translucent
1Derived forms of translucent
- translucence or translucency, noun
- translucently, adverb
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Scientific definitions for translucent
[ trăns-lōō′sənt ]
Allowing radiation (most commonly light) to pass through, but causing diffusion. Frosted glass, for example, is translucent to visible light. Compare transparent.
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