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Definition of translucent adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

translucent

adjective

NAmE//trænsˈlusnt//

, NAmE//trænzˈlusnt//

(formal)

allowing light to pass through but not transparent The sky was a pale translucent blue. His skin was translucent with age.

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translucence

NAmE//trænsˈlusns//

, NAmE//trænzˈlusns//

(also translucency

NAmE//trænsˈlusnsi//

, NAmE//trænzˈlusnsi//

) noun [uncountable] Her skin had the papery-thin translucence of great age.See translucent in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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