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# translucent

adjective (translucent)

«translucent» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Letting some light pass through, but you cannot see clearly through it: "Frosted glass is translucent." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translucent/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on light, pupils sort materials into transparent (clear, see through), translucent (some light, blurry) and opaque (no light). Examples of translucent things: tracing paper, frosted glass, a thin leaf, some plastic. Phrases: translucent material, translucent plastic.

### Examples

- Tracing paper is translucent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translucent/#x1)
- The bathroom window is translucent, so no one can see in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translucent/#x2)
- Light comes through the translucent curtain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translucent/#x3)
- Is wax paper transparent, translucent or opaque? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translucent/#x4)
- The jellyfish has a translucent body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translucent/#x5)
- We tested which materials are translucent with a torch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translucent/#x6)

### Note

Not the same as "transparent": transparent means you can see clearly through it; translucent lets light through but things look blurry. "Opaque" lets no light through. A science test: shine a torch at it and look.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «translucent» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translucent/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«translucent» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/translucent.html) on Mova free.