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Meanings of semitransparent in English

Allowing light to pass through diffusely.

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Examples for "translucent"
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The animals' translucent bodies flickered with the lightning that flashed inside them.
Radiant Shadows
2
Add onion and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent, about 5 minutes.
The south beach diet supercharged: faster weight loss and better...
3
Each set requires a set of translucent connectors to join the elements.
Wired
4
The court was roofed over with the translucent material of the windows.
Across the Zodiac / The Story of a Wrecked Record
5
She saw Cathy's translucent image, and called out to her, starting forward.
Something from the nightside
Usage of semitransparent in English
1
The impression of something solid, semitransparent, and blackly streaked closing around him.
Gather, Darkness!
2
Ben realized they were semitransparent; he could see black shapes moving inside.
IT
3
Urbo was seated on a raised platform behind a curved semitransparent control panel.
Mass Effect: Deception
4
Screwing up my courage, I reached down, brushing my fingers over the semitransparent body.
Honour's Knight
5
Her only clothing was a thin and semitransparent light-blue material.
Dayworld Breakup
6
Vast semitransparent sheets cut him off from Ricky and Peter.
Ghost Story
7
Finally they bought a waterproof cape that enveloped her completely, made of semitransparent seal intestine.
The golden compass
8
It looked, Vardia thought, something like a semitransparent wall.
Midnight at the well of souls
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Through the semitransparent bands of tape, three separate bullet wounds were visible in his chest.
Dark rivers of the heart
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From it she took a crumpled sheet of paper, so sweat-stained it was limp and semitransparent.
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
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Strapped to its back was a large semitransparent canister filled with fluid that sloshed around inside.
Earth Afire
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The phantom halted a few yards away from us and began turning its semitransparent head again.
Shadow prowler
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If possible, let the light be of a north-western aspect, mellowed by curtains of a semitransparent hue.
The History and Practice of the Art of Photography
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Susan Carpenter, a beautician at Rosalie's Hair and Nails, indicated the semitransparent Tupperware container in Jean-Anne's hands.
Frankenstein: Lost Souls - A Novel
15
To the best of our knowledge, this corresponds to the most efficient buffer layer-free semitransparent PSC ever reported.
Pubmed
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A semitransparent de Ayala floated in the air and considered the question carefully; then he shook his head.
The Sorceress
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Semitransparent through the time