translucent
Americanadjective
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Allowing radiation (most commonly light) to pass through, but causing diffusion. Frosted glass, for example, is translucent to visible light.
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Compare transparent
Related Words
See transparent.
Other Word Forms
- subtranslucence noun
- subtranslucency noun
- subtranslucent adjective
- translucence noun
- translucency noun
- translucently adverb
Etymology
Origin of translucent
First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin trānslūcent- (stem of trānslūcēns ), present participle of trānslūcēre “to shine through”; trans-, lucent
Example Sentences
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Thin-sliced celery or carrots, fennel shaved translucent, a few slivers of red onion or scallions, even cucumbers if you’re craving something clean and cold.
From Salon
Homer rewards close lookers with marvelous touches created by many techniques, from over-drawing and layering of paints, both translucent and opaque, to dry brush application and paint-scraping—didactics in this gallery explain them.
Among the most haunting is Davis’s 1958 interpretation—his muted trumpet floating above Gil Evans’s translucent orchestration, every note a sigh.
I tear my eyes away and fix them onto translucent holograms emitting from small pucks on the ground, positioned at the corners of some of these tents.
From Literature
To catch the minute, translucent fish, fishermen often use mosquito nets in wooden frames.
From Barron's
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