Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Partially transparent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Half-transparent or imperfectly transparent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Half or imperfectly transparent.
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- adjective
Translucent . Allowing somevisibility but clouded or obscured.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective allowing light to pass through diffusely
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is possible to make glazes with every degree of transparency or opacity, such as semitransparent or semiopaque.
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Designed by Tokyo-based architects Atelier Bow-Wow, the Lab or "traveling toolbox" is a two-story, 2,200-square-foot rectangular structure wrapped in a semitransparent mesh.
The People's Works of Art Lance Esplund 2011
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“They appear to be semitransparent,” the captain observed.
365 tomorrows » 2009 » September : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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“They appear to be semitransparent,” the captain observed.
365 tomorrows » Patricia Stewart : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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Those tall windows have been replaced with a triangulating pattern of semitransparent mirror glass etched with the museum's name in 3 ½ -foot-tall hot-pink letters — making it loud and clear that something different is going on inside.
Designed to Evoke the Future of Filmmaking... Julie V. Iovine 2011
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The technology would embed hundreds of semitransparent LEDs onto a thin lens, letting wearers experience augmented reality right through their eyes.
Augmented Contact Lenses Cover Your Eye with a Screen of 100s of LEDs | Inhabitat 2010
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Conceptually similar to GM's AUTOnomy fuel-cell concept of 2002, the i8—like its urban-EV sibling, the i3—is radically different in one respect: BMW says it is actually going to build it, virtually as it appears in concept-car form, complete with its semitransparent body panels, butterfly doors, glowing blue grilles and laser headlights.
Twiki, Bring the Car Around Dan Neil 2011
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And while a Behr product is still tops among stains, a semitransparent stain from Sikkens is also proving impressive in our tests.
What's new in Consumer Reports: Home content from the June 2010 issue 2010
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As Eva studied the semitransparent sheet, faint lines of text scrolled up to meet her roving gaze.
The Search For WondLa Tony DiTerlizzi 2010
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He sniffed it, put it to his ear, and gazed into the semitransparent shell before gently placing it down again.
DRAGON GAMES P.W. CATANESE 2010
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