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läpikuultava — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • diaphanous adj Transparent or translucent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through.
  • lucid adj Clear and easy to understand.
  • pellucid adj Allowing the passage of light; translucent or transparent.
  • semitransparent adj Allowing some visibility but partially clouded or obscured; transparent in some portions but not others; translucent.
  • sheer adjective Thin enough to see through.
  • translucent adj Allowing light to pass through while scattering it, so objects on the other side appear blurred.
  • transparency noun The quality of being clear enough to see through.

Senses

läpikuultava is used for these senses in English:

  • diaphanous Transparent or translucent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through.
  • lucid Bright, luminous, translucent, or transparent.
  • pellucid Allowing the passage of light; translucent or transparent.
  • semitransparent Allowing some visibility but partially clouded or obscured; transparent in some portions but not others; translucent.
  • sheer (textiles) Very thin or transparent.
  • translucent Allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it.
  • translucent (often, of words or traits) Clear, lucid, or transparent.
  • transparency (countable) Something transparent.

diaphanous — full definition

  1. adj Transparent or translucent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through.
  2. adj Of a fine, almost transparent, texture; gossamer; light and insubstantial.
  3. adj Isorefractive, having an identical refractive index.

lucid — full definition

  1. adj Clear and easy to understand.
  2. adj Thinking clearly and rationally, especially after confusion or illness.

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