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View synonyms for semitransparent

semitransparent

[ sem-ee-trans-pair-uhnt, -par-, sem-ahy- ]

adjective

  1. imperfectly or almost transparent.


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Other Words From

  • semi·trans·paren·cy semi·trans·parent·ness noun
  • semi·trans·parent·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of semitransparent1

First recorded in 1785–95; semi- + transparent

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Example Sentences

It’s hard to learn about them, though, because they are mere millimeters long and semitransparent.

Amber is a hard semitransparent substance, chiefly found in Prussia, either dug out of the earth, or thrown up by the sea.

Tom had already burst into the force area and cast himself upon the semitransparent tank of the spider men.

It exists in the form of irregular, semitransparent pieces, of a brownish-red color.

There is often coughing and spitting of little yellowish, semitransparent balls of mucus floating in a thinner secretion.

They are semitransparent, and reddish; have a strong odour, and a smooth bark.

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