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Webster 1913 Edition
Translucent
Trans-lu′cent
,Adj.
[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
. 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Translucent
TRANSLU'CENT
,Adj.
1.
Transparent; clear. Replenish'd from the cool translucent springs.
Definition 2024
translucent
translucent
English
Adjective
translucent (comparative more translucent, superlative most translucent)
- Allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it.
- 1913, Louis Joseph Vance, The Day of Days, ch. 1:
- The window-panes, encrusted with perennial deposits of Atmosphere, were less transparent than translucent.
- 1921, P. G. Wodehouse, Jill the Reckless, ch. 21:
- On the windows of the nearer buildings the sun cast glittering beams, but further away a faint, translucent mist hid the city.
- 1913, Louis Joseph Vance, The Day of Days, ch. 1:
- Clear, lucid, or transparent.
- 1884, Henry J. Ramsdell, Life and Public Services of Hon. James G. Blaine, Hubbard, pp. 105-106:
- Mr. Blaine's powers and disposition shone resplendent. . . . the gavel in his practised hand, chiming in with varied tones that aptly enforced his words, from the sharp rat-tat-tat that recalled the House to decorum, to the vigorous thunder that actually drowned unparliamentary speech; rulings, repartee, translucent explanation flashing from his lips as quick as lighting.
- 1904, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, The Club of Queer Trades, ch. 4:
- "I was startled at your not seeing it from the beginning. The man is a translucent liar and knave."
- 1919, Joseph A. Altsheler, The Lords of the Wild, ch. 3:
- [T]he sun was in its greatest splendor, and the air was absolutely translucent. The lake and the mountains sprang out, sharp and clear.
- 1884, Henry J. Ramsdell, Life and Public Services of Hon. James G. Blaine, Hubbard, pp. 105-106:
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allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it
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clear, lucid, or transparent