semi-transparentadj.
Chiefly scientific.
Partially or imperfectly transparent.
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1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 434/1 Corneous ore..is foliated and semitransparent.
1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem.: Org. (1862) iv. §1. 253 They possess the property of rendering paper semitransparent, producing what is well known as a greasy stain.
1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood iv. 23 Her semi-transparent hands were clasped together.
1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 390/1 Common Opal: semitransparent, vitreous.
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