What does translucent mean?
Translucent means Allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it..
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/tɹænzˈluː.sənt/ · adjective
Allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it..
Near-synonym: semitransparent
The window-panes, encrusted with perennial deposits of Atmosphere, were less transparent than translucent.
On the windows of the nearer buildings the sun cast glittering beams, but further away a faint, translucent mist hid the city.
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.
I thought you'd come round to my view, but I own I was startled at your not seeing it from the beginning. The man is a translucent liar and knave.
[T]he sun was in its greatest splendor, and the air was absolutely translucent. The lake and the mountains sprang out, sharp and clear.
They can be obtained in various thicknesses and in many colors, including beautiful imitations of pearl, mother-of-pearl, veins and mottles, stratifications, roll stratifications, imitation corals, and all colors of translucents, transparents and opaques, grained ivory, shell (plain and corrugated mottle), onyx, wood effects, plaids, checks, stripes, metallic, bronze pearl plain, bronze pearl with fancy blocks, bronze pearl in veins and stripes, and what is called “essence pearl.”
The trademark LaCie «eye» is back, metal is in the house and the translucents are finally in the trash.
Use translucent when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Translucent means Allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it..
Common synonyms include semitransparent, semipellucid, semiopaque, through-shine.
Possible antonyms include opaque, transparent, turbid.
Near-synonym: semitransparent
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