Translucent
adjective
Allowing light to pass through, but not transparent.
The windows in the church were made of translucent glass.
Often appears as...
- translucent material
- translucent skin
adjective
Almost transparent or clear enough to allow light to pass through.
The scientists used a translucent film to diffuse the light.
Often appears as...
- translucent crystal
- translucent surface
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Allowing light to pass through, but not transparent.
The windows in the church were made of translucent glass.
Often appears as...
- translucent material
- translucent skin
adjective
Almost transparent or clear enough to allow light to pass through.
The scientists used a translucent film to diffuse the light.
Often appears as...
- translucent crystal
- translucent surface
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Visual Texture
Translucent materials can show texture while blurring details, giving a sense of depth.
Her translucent curtains showed the silhouette of the tree outside.
Pro Tip 2/3Collocation Use
Often paired with 'material', 'skin', or 'glass' to describe their quality.
She admired the delicate translucent material of her new scarf.
Pro Tip 3/3Mistaken for Transparent
Remember, 'translucent' lets light through but doesn't allow clear images, unlike 'transparent'.
The frost left the window translucent, obscuring the view.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Texture
Translucent materials can show texture while blurring details, giving a sense of depth.
Her translucent curtains showed the silhouette of the tree outside.
Pro Tip 2/3Collocation Use
Often paired with 'material', 'skin', or 'glass' to describe their quality.
She admired the delicate translucent material of her new scarf.
Pro Tip 3/3Mistaken for Transparent
Remember, 'translucent' lets light through but doesn't allow clear images, unlike 'transparent'.
The frost left the window translucent, obscuring the view.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Texture
Translucent materials can show texture while blurring details, giving a sense of depth.
Her translucent curtains showed the silhouette of the tree outside.
Pro Tip 2/3Collocation Use
Often paired with 'material', 'skin', or 'glass' to describe their quality.
She admired the delicate translucent material of her new scarf.
Pro Tip 3/3Mistaken for Transparent
Remember, 'translucent' lets light through but doesn't allow clear images, unlike 'transparent'.
The frost left the window translucent, obscuring the view.
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Crayfish Hunting in...
GORDON That crayfish was translucent, delicious, meaty, sweet, and super firm. Incredible. I'm definitely going to use it to my feast at the end of the week. I'd love you to come and join us. I would love to. You know what goes really well with this? A bit of wallaby. I think you need a bit of game in there, a bit of meat. I know a lady that might be able to help you out.
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Paul Debevec animates a...
you can get an image lit from the entire sphere of light of just the shine off of Emily's skin. I don't think any photograph like this had ever been taken before we had done this. And this is very important light to capture, because this is the light that reflects off the first surface of the skin. It doesn't get underneath the translucent layers of the skin and blur out.
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Let's talk about dying -...
him by a respiratory physician he said look there's a guy down here he's got pneumonia and he looks like he needs intensive care his daughters here and she wants everything possible to be done which is a familiar phrase to to us so I go down to the warden see Jim and his skin is translucent like this you can
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How does a jellyfish...
Jellyfish are soft because they are 95% water and are mostly made of a translucent gel-like substance called mesoglea. With such delicate bodies, they rely on thousands of venom-containing stinging cells called cnidocytes for protection and prey capture. Even baby jellyfish, the size of a pencil eraser,
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The Colorful,...
This tiny green mantis has a translucent body and intrigues us because it was found only through our non-lethal lights trap which attract winged males. We believe it lives high up in the canopy, out of our sight. And despite the advances of technology allowing humanity to explore the deep sea,
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On being wrong PIPE Kathryn...
is that it misses the whole point of being human. It's like we want to imagine that our minds are just these perfectly translucent windows and we just gaze out of them and describe the world as it unfolds. And we want everybody else to gaze out of the same window
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Liz Diller: A giant...
The membrane is translucent. It's made of silcon-coated glass fiber. And it's inflated twice a year for one month at a time. This is the view from the inside. So you might have been wondering how in the world did we get this approved by the federal government.
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Deep Sea Exploration -...
reminds me of flying through space life in the mid waters this region between the sea surface and the ocean bottom is home to captivating creatures like speedy translucent worms jellyfish longer than a blue whale and one of my
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Coral Reefs 101 PIPE...
The reefs provide rich habitat that helps protect young fish as they grow. Coral are translucent. Coral reefs get their rainbow of colors from algae,
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Sea Salps PIPE National...
now what in the world is this it's twice as long as a human body translucent and
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Crayfish Hunting in...
GORDON That crayfish was translucent, delicious, meaty, sweet, and super firm. Incredible. I'm definitely going to use it to my feast at the end of the week. I'd love you to come and join us. I would love to. You know what goes really well with this? A bit of wallaby. I think you need a bit of game in there, a bit of meat. I know a lady that might be able to help you out.
Video examples
Paul Debevec animates a...
you can get an image lit from the entire sphere of light of just the shine off of Emily's skin. I don't think any photograph like this had ever been taken before we had done this. And this is very important light to capture, because this is the light that reflects off the first surface of the skin. It doesn't get underneath the translucent layers of the skin and blur out.
Video examples
Let's talk about dying -...
him by a respiratory physician he said look there's a guy down here he's got pneumonia and he looks like he needs intensive care his daughters here and she wants everything possible to be done which is a familiar phrase to to us so I go down to the warden see Jim and his skin is translucent like this you can
Video examples
How does a jellyfish...
Jellyfish are soft because they are 95% water and are mostly made of a translucent gel-like substance called mesoglea. With such delicate bodies, they rely on thousands of venom-containing stinging cells called cnidocytes for protection and prey capture. Even baby jellyfish, the size of a pencil eraser,
Video examples
The Colorful,...
This tiny green mantis has a translucent body and intrigues us because it was found only through our non-lethal lights trap which attract winged males. We believe it lives high up in the canopy, out of our sight. And despite the advances of technology allowing humanity to explore the deep sea,
Video examples
On being wrong PIPE Kathryn...
is that it misses the whole point of being human. It's like we want to imagine that our minds are just these perfectly translucent windows and we just gaze out of them and describe the world as it unfolds. And we want everybody else to gaze out of the same window
Video examples
Liz Diller: A giant...
The membrane is translucent. It's made of silcon-coated glass fiber. And it's inflated twice a year for one month at a time. This is the view from the inside. So you might have been wondering how in the world did we get this approved by the federal government.
Video examples
Deep Sea Exploration -...
reminds me of flying through space life in the mid waters this region between the sea surface and the ocean bottom is home to captivating creatures like speedy translucent worms jellyfish longer than a blue whale and one of my
Video examples
Coral Reefs 101 PIPE...
The reefs provide rich habitat that helps protect young fish as they grow. Coral are translucent. Coral reefs get their rainbow of colors from algae,
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Sea Salps PIPE National...
now what in the world is this it's twice as long as a human body translucent and
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Quote examples
Colin Farrell
Irish Actor
Vampires have always held a very seductive kind of lore and have always been some variety of attractive, whether it's attractiveness that's born of just the physical attributes that they have - this kind of ethereal beauty or translucent pallor - or whether it is more to do with the way they carry themselves.
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Tim Sweeney
American Businessman
If you black out the background in AR, you could make an immersive VR experience, and if you make the view translucent so you can see through it, you just have an augmented view of the real world. I think that's the ultimate and best form of display tech we'll have.
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Michael Connelly
American Author
I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and multi-faceted. The opposite is not true.
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Bill Viola
American Artist
There's another world out there just beyond the world we're in. It's just on the other side of that translucent, semitransparent surface.
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Ken Follett
Welsh Author
I aim to be translucent, so you don't notice the words, just their meaning. I haven't much insight into people's motivations.
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Bobbi Brown
American Businesswoman
Nobody is the color of translucent powder. Instead, choose a powder that matches your skin tone.
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Rena Sofer
American Actress
For a clean makeup finish, I use Cle de Peau translucent pressed powder.
Quote examples
Colin Farrell
Irish Actor
Vampires have always held a very seductive kind of lore and have always been some variety of attractive, whether it's attractiveness that's born of just the physical attributes that they have - this kind of ethereal beauty or translucent pallor - or whether it is more to do with the way they carry themselves.
Quote examples
Tim Sweeney
American Businessman
If you black out the background in AR, you could make an immersive VR experience, and if you make the view translucent so you can see through it, you just have an augmented view of the real world. I think that's the ultimate and best form of display tech we'll have.
Quote examples
Michael Connelly
American Author
I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and multi-faceted. The opposite is not true.
Quote examples
Bill Viola
American Artist
There's another world out there just beyond the world we're in. It's just on the other side of that translucent, semitransparent surface.
Quote examples
Ken Follett
Welsh Author
I aim to be translucent, so you don't notice the words, just their meaning. I haven't much insight into people's motivations.
Quote examples
Bobbi Brown
American Businesswoman
Nobody is the color of translucent powder. Instead, choose a powder that matches your skin tone.
Quote examples
Rena Sofer
American Actress
For a clean makeup finish, I use Cle de Peau translucent pressed powder.
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