Hypertext Webster Gateway: "translucent"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Translucent \Trans*lu"cent\, a. [L. translucens, -entis, p. pr.
of translucere to shine through; trans across, through =
lucere to shine. See {Lucid}.]
1. Transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to
be distinctly seen; partially transparent.

2. Transparent; clear. [Poetic] ``Fountain or fresh current .
. . translucent, pure.'' --Milton.

Replenished from the cool, translucent springs.
--Pope.

Syn: {Translucent}, {Transparent}.

Usage: A thing is translucent when it merely admits the
passage of light, without enabling us to distinguish
the color and outline of objects through it; it is
transparent when we can clearly discern objects placed
on the other side of it. Glass, water, etc., are
transparent; ground glass is translucent; a
translucent style.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

translucent
adj : almost transparent; allowing light to pass through
diffusely; "translucent amber" [syn: {semitransparent}]


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