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.