semilucent

English

Etymology

semi- +‎ lucent

Adjective

semilucent (comparative more semilucent, superlative most semilucent)

  1. Partially lucent; allowing less light to pass than through than something translucent but more than something opaque.
    • 1818, John Keats, Endymion:
      His litter of smooth semilucent mist, Diversely tinged with rose and amethyst, Puzzled those eyes that for the centre sought.
    • 1919, Virginia Woolf, Night and Day:
      She spoke the last words looking up at Rodney's windows, which were a semilucent red color, in her honor, as she knew.
    • 2010, Michael E. Peterson, Michelle Kutzler, Small Animal Pediatrics: The First 12 Months of Life, →ISBN, page 481:
      The displaced retina with its superficial vessels appears as a semilucent gray membrane that obscures underlying detail and decreases tapetal reflectivity (Figure 43-30).

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