translucence
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- noun
- /trænsˈluːsəns/
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translucidez
- It was in the translucence of the darkness that I could see the man coming toward me—the same man who was sitting next to me—like a sparkle of fire over the wood in the fireplace that is about to be kindled.
- milky translucence
- translucence of the skin
- loses its translucence
What a book, it snarls, the translucence full impasto ahead.
- What a book, it snarls, the translucence full impasto ahead.
Examples
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From the regions where skin is almost as translucent as the alabaster of forgotten art, the whites, regal, lanky, blond or dark-haired, held their beauty and translucence as the most natural example of what the goddesses had put first and foremost.
Fiction book (2000) -
She tried to catch sight of her mother's approving face but couldn't find it through the translucence of the green sliding door.
Fiction book (1996) -
She held it up to the fire so that its translucence glowed with color, and she spoke to me without turning her head.
Fiction book (1990) -
Sure enough, the entire spaceship had taken on a hazy translucence.
Fiction book (1996) -
It was a large space for someone my size, and private behind the milky translucence of the tablecloth, the perfect place to pursue the internal adventure of my age.
Fiction book (1998) -
Calmer, but with tears still hanging off her lashes, she stares at the woman playing a lute in the picture on the left and at the unearthly translucence of her brown hair, its feeling of double exposure.
Fiction book (1999) -
The translucence of the frosted glass allowed the light to filter softly into the room.
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The artist used layers of paint to create a beautiful translucence in her landscapes.
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The translucence of the jellyfish made it appear ethereal as it floated through the water.
Synonyms
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To let light pass so you can see objects behind
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Allowing light to pass so shapes on the other side are not clear
Letting some light pass while hiding a clear view of things behind
A material that lets light through but blurs things on the other side
How much light passes through a material so you can see through it
The quality of letting light pass so you can partly see through something
The degree to which a material lets light pass through it
Clear quality that makes something easy to see or understand
Antonyms
How Transparent
Surface Forms
Morphology
translucence = translucent (transparent) = trans + lucent + ence
The noun is a direct noun-formation from the adjective 'translucent' using the productive suffix '-ence' to denote the quality or state.
Etymology
Translucence is built from trans- 'through' and luc 'light'. A helpful image is light through a frosted window: you get soft light but not clear shapes, so translucence means 'allowing light to pass through but not showing clear detail'.