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translucent

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translucent
Descriptive of a material that transmits light but diffuses it sufficiently so that an image cannot be seen through the material clearly.
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Above the Kolocha, in Borodino and on both sides of it, especially to the left where the Voyna flowing between its marshy banks falls into the Kolocha, a mist had spread which seemed to melt, to dissolve, and to become translucent when the brilliant sun appeared and magically colored and outlined everything.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
There in the flickering light of the lamp was the machine sure enough, squat, ugly, and askew; a thing of brass, ebony, ivory, and translucent glimmering quartz.
The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context
Through the deep translucent blue beneath me a slim shape glided; three smaller fish led the way; they dallied an instant a fathom under my feet, which were snatched up, with what haste you may imagine; then on they went to surer prey.
Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context
 
 
 
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