translucent Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective satellite allowing light to pass through diffusely
semitransparent.
- translucent amber
- semitransparent curtains at the windows

L. translucens, -entis, p. pr. of translucere to shine through; trans across, through = lucere to shine. See Lucid.

Transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen; partially transparent.
Transparent; clear. Poetic "Fountain or fresh current . . . translucent, pure." Milton.
Replenished from the cool, translucent springs. Pope.
Syn. -- Translucent, Transparent. A thing is translucent when it merely admits the passage of light, without enabling us to distinguish the color and outline of objects through it; it is transparent when we can clearly discern objects placed on the other side of it. Glass, water, etc., are transparent; ground glass is translucent; a translucent style.