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translucenttrans‧lu‧cent /trænzˈluːsənt $ træns-/ adjective translucentOrigin: 1400-1500 Latin present participle of translucere ‘to shine through’, from lucere ‘to shine’ - But beyond that intimate corner was a wall of translucent glass, giving an uninterrupted view of the mountains.
- On the top are slanting translucent screens, on which material can be projected for convenient reading.
- Saute garlic and onion until onion is translucent.
- Some were no more than motionless translucent blobs.
- These rocks also stirred with novel species of eyeless shrimp, white crabs, translucent sea anemones and large, pink fish.
- This blown vessel has a body of translucent cobalt blue glass, with a casing of opaque white glass.
- Upon those sturdy, well-defined bones the clear, even tint seemed translucent.
not transparent, but clear enough to allow light to pass through: Blue veins showed through her translucent skin.—translucence noun [uncountable] |