Translucence
noun
The quality of being semi-transparent, allowing light to pass through but not clearly visible.
The translucence of her veil highlighted her face in the soft sunlight.
adj
Being translucent, or having the property of allowing light to pass through diffusely.
The translucence of the jade stone added a unique charm to the sculpture.
noun
The quality of being semi-transparent, allowing light to pass through but not clearly visible.
The translucence of her veil highlighted her face in the soft sunlight.
adj
Being translucent, or having the property of allowing light to pass through diffusely.
The translucence of the jade stone added a unique charm to the sculpture.
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Pro Tip 1/3Semi-Transparent Materials
Think of materials like frosted glass or thin fabric that partially show shapes or light.
The translucence of the bathroom window ensured privacy while letting light in.
Pro Tip 2/3Not For Clarity
Translucence implies you cannot see details through the material, unlike transparency.
Despite the curtain's translucence, you couldn't make out the person behind it.
Pro Tip 3/3Mood Setting
Translucence often creates a soft, diffused light setting a calm or mystical mood.
The room was aglow with the candle's warm, translucence light.
Pro Tip 1/3Semi-Transparent Materials
Think of materials like frosted glass or thin fabric that partially show shapes or light.
The translucence of the bathroom window ensured privacy while letting light in.
Pro Tip 2/3Not For Clarity
Translucence implies you cannot see details through the material, unlike transparency.
Despite the curtain's translucence, you couldn't make out the person behind it.
Pro Tip 3/3Mood Setting
Translucence often creates a soft, diffused light setting a calm or mystical mood.
The room was aglow with the candle's warm, translucence light.
Pro Tip 1/3Semi-Transparent Materials
Think of materials like frosted glass or thin fabric that partially show shapes or light.
The translucence of the bathroom window ensured privacy while letting light in.
Pro Tip 2/3Not For Clarity
Translucence implies you cannot see details through the material, unlike transparency.
Despite the curtain's translucence, you couldn't make out the person behind it.
Pro Tip 3/3Mood Setting
Translucence often creates a soft, diffused light setting a calm or mystical mood.
The room was aglow with the candle's warm, translucence light.
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Nathalie Cabrol: How...
But they can adapt only so far, and then when all the water is gone from the surface, microbes have only one solution They go underground. And those microbes, the rocks you see in that slide here, well, they are actually living inside rocks and they are using the protection of the translucence of the rocks
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Nathalie Cabrol: How...
But they can adapt only so far, and then when all the water is gone from the surface, microbes have only one solution They go underground. And those microbes, the rocks you see in that slide here, well, they are actually living inside rocks and they are using the protection of the translucence of the rocks
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Quote examples
Steve Jobs
American Businessman
Design is the fundamental soul of a man-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service. The iMac is not just the color or translucence or the shape of the shell. The essence of the iMac is to be the finest possible consumer computer in which each element plays together.
Quote examples
Steve Jobs
American Businessman
Design is the fundamental soul of a man-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service. The iMac is not just the color or translucence or the shape of the shell. The essence of the iMac is to be the finest possible consumer computer in which each element plays together.
Example 1 of 1
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