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luce
(msasasci) | luce
- spokes |
luce
(encz) | Luce, |
luce
(gcide) | Pike \Pike\, n. [F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig
a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus
woodpecker (see Pie magpie), and E. spike. Cf. Pick, n. &
v., Peak, Pique.]
1. (Mil.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long
wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is
now superseded by the bayonet.
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2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a
shield or target. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.
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4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Raymond.
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5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.]
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6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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7. A turnpike; a toll bar. --Dickens.
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8. (Zool.) sing. & pl. A large fresh-water fish ({Esox
lucius}), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a
food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and
jack.
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Note: Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and
yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the
wall-eye. See Wall-eye.
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Gar pike. See under Gar.
Pike perch (Zool.), any fresh-water fish of the genus
Stizostedion (formerly Lucioperca). See Wall-eye,
and Sauger.
Pike pole, a long pole with a pike in one end, used in
directing floating logs.
Pike whale (Zool.), a finback whale of the North Atlantic
(Bal[ae]noptera rostrata), having an elongated snout; --
called also piked whale.
Sand pike (Zool.), the lizard fish.
Sea pike (Zool.), the garfish
(a) .
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Luce
(gcide) | Luce \Luce\ (l[imac]s), n. [OF. lus, L. lucius a kind of fish.]
(Zool.)
A pike when full grown. --Halliwell.
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luce
(wn) | Luce
n 1: United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967) [syn:
Luce, Henry Luce, Henry Robinson Luce]
2: United States playwright and public official (1902-1987)
[syn: Luce, Clare Booth Luce] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
spolucestujúci
(msas) | spolucestujúci
- fellow traveller, fellow-traveller, travel companion, fellow traveler |
odlucene
(msasasci) | odlucene
- apart |
odluceny
(msasasci) | odluceny
- apart |
skluceny
(msasasci) | skluceny
- bleak, comfortless, desolate, desolating, drear, dismal, dreary,
inconsolable |
spolucestujuci
(msasasci) | spolucestujuci
- fellow traveller, fellow-traveller, travel companion, fellow traveler |
vylucenie
(msasasci) | vylucenie
- excluding, exclusion, expulsion, preclusion |
lucent
(encz) | lucent,svítivý adj: Zdeněk Brožlucent,zářicí adj: Zdeněk Brožlucent,zářný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
lucerne
(encz) | Lucerne,Lucern [zem.] n: |
noctilucent
(encz) | noctilucent, adj: |
radiolucent
(encz) | radiolucent, adj: |
sickle lucerne
(encz) | sickle lucerne, n: |
translucence
(encz) | translucence,průhlednost n: Zdeněk Brožtranslucence,průsvitnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
translucency
(encz) | translucency,průsvitnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
translucent
(encz) | translucent,průsvitný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
translucent substance
(encz) | translucent substance, n: |
translucently
(encz) | translucently, |
americká revoluce
(czen) | Americká revoluce,American Revolution |
dekonvoluce
(czen) | dekonvoluce,deconvolutionn: Zdeněk Brož |
evoluce
(czen) | evoluce,evolution[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
hl.m. - lucembursko
(czen) | hl.m. - Lucembursko,Luxembourgn: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
kontrarevoluce
(czen) | kontrarevoluce,counter-revolutionn: Zdeněk Brožkontrarevoluce,counterrevolutionn: Zdeněk Brož |
konvoluce
(czen) | konvoluce,convolutionn: Zdeněk Brož |
lucemburk
(czen) | Lucemburk,Luxembourg[zem.] n: Lucemburk,Luxemburg[zem.] n: |
lucembursko
(czen) | Lucembursko,Luxembourg[zem.] n: Lucembursko,Luxemburg[zem.] n: |
lucern
(czen) | Lucern,Lucerne[zem.] n: |
lucerna
(czen) | lucerna,lanternn: Zdeněk Brož |
návrh rezoluce
(czen) | návrh rezoluce,draft resolution Zdeněk Brož |
obyvatel lucemburska
(czen) | obyvatel Lucemburska,Luxembourger luke |
poluce
(czen) | poluce,pollutionn: Zdeněk Brož |
průmyslová revoluce
(czen) | průmyslová revoluce,Industrial Revolution |
revoluce
(czen) | revoluce,revolution Milan Svobodarevoluce,revolutionspl. Zdeněk Brož |
rezoluce
(czen) | rezoluce,resolution Pavel Machek; Gizarezoluce,resolutionsn: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
sametová revoluce
(czen) | sametová revoluce,Velvet Revolutionn: [hist.] Stanislav Horáček |
spolucestující
(czen) | spolucestující,fellow traveler Pavel Cvrčekspolucestující,fellow travelleradj: Zdeněk Brožspolucestující,fellow-travelleradj: Zdeněk Brožspolucestující,travel companionadj: Zdeněk Brož |
zelená revoluce
(czen) | zelená revoluce,green revolution[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Flower-de-luce
(gcide) | Flower-de-luce \Flow"er-de-luce"\, n. [Corrupted fr.
fleur-de-lis.] (Bot.)
A genus of perennial herbs (Iris) with swordlike leaves and
large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but
probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French
emblem.
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Note: There are nearly one hundred species, natives of the
north temperate zone. Some of the best known are {Iris
Germanica}, I. Florentina, I. Persica, {I.
sambucina}, and the American I. versicolor, {I.
prismatica}, etc.
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Interlucent
(gcide) | Interlucent \In`ter*lu"cent\, a. [L. interlucens, p. pr. See
Inter-, and Lucent.]
Shining between.
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Involucel
(gcide) | Involucel \In*vol"u*cel\ (?; 277), n. [Dim. of involucre, or
involucrum: cf. F. involucelle.] (Bot.)
A partial, secondary, or small involucre. See Illust. of
Involucre.
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Involucella
(gcide) | Involucellum \In`vo*lu*cel"lum\, n.; pl. Involucella. [NL.]
See Involucel.
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Involucellate
(gcide) | Involucellate \In`vo*lu"cel*late\, a. (Bot.)
Furnished with involucels.
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Involucellum
(gcide) | Involucellum \In`vo*lu*cel"lum\, n.; pl. Involucella. [NL.]
See Involucel.
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Lion of Lucerne
(gcide) | Lion \Li"on\ (l[imac]"[u^]n), n. [F. lion, L. leo, -onis, akin
to Gr. le`wn. Cf. Chameleon, Dandelion, Leopard.]
1. (Zool.) A large carnivorous feline mammal (Panthera leo,
formerly Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most
parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the
different countries. The adult male, in most varieties,
has a thick mane of long shaggy hair that adds to his
apparent size, which is less than that of the largest
tigers. The length, however, is sometimes eleven feet to
the base of the tail. The color is a tawny yellow or
yellowish brown; the mane is darker, and the terminal tuft
of the tail is black. In one variety, called the {maneless
lion}, the male has only a slight mane.
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2. (Astron.) A sign and a constellation; Leo.
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3. An object of interest and curiosity, especially a person
who is so regarded; as, he was quite a lion in London at
that time.
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Such society was far more enjoyable than that of
Edinburgh, for here he was not a lion, but a man.
--Prof.
Wilson.
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American lion (Zool.), the puma or cougar.
Lion ant (Zool.), the ant-lion.
Lion dog (Zool.), a fancy dog with a flowing mane, usually
clipped to resemble a lion's mane.
Lion lizard (Zool.), the basilisk.
Lion's share, all, or nearly all; the best or largest part;
-- from Aesop's fable of the lion hunting in company with
certain smaller beasts, and appropriating to himself all
the prey.
Lion of Lucerne, a famous sculptured lion at Lucerne,
Switzerland, designed by Thorwaldsen and dedicated in 1821
as a memorial to the Swiss Guards who fell defending Louis
XVI. in the attack of the mob on the Tuileries, Aug. 10,
1792. The animal, which is hewn out of the face of a rock,
is represented as transfixed with a broken spear and
dying, but still trying to protect with its paw a shield
bearing the fleur-de-lis of France.
Lion of St. Mark, a winged lion, the emblem of the
evangelist Mark, especially that of bronze surmounting a
granite column in the Piazzetta at Venice, and holding in
its fore paws an open book representing St. Mark's Gospel.
Lion of the North, Gustavus Adolphus (1594-1632), King of
Sweden, the hero of the Protestant faith in the Thirty
Years' War.
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Luce
(gcide) | Pike \Pike\, n. [F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig
a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus
woodpecker (see Pie magpie), and E. spike. Cf. Pick, n. &
v., Peak, Pique.]
1. (Mil.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long
wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is
now superseded by the bayonet.
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2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a
shield or target. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.
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4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Raymond.
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5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.]
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6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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7. A turnpike; a toll bar. --Dickens.
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8. (Zool.) sing. & pl. A large fresh-water fish ({Esox
lucius}), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a
food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and
jack.
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Note: Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and
yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the
wall-eye. See Wall-eye.
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Gar pike. See under Gar.
Pike perch (Zool.), any fresh-water fish of the genus
Stizostedion (formerly Lucioperca). See Wall-eye,
and Sauger.
Pike pole, a long pole with a pike in one end, used in
directing floating logs.
Pike whale (Zool.), a finback whale of the North Atlantic
(Bal[ae]noptera rostrata), having an elongated snout; --
called also piked whale.
Sand pike (Zool.), the lizard fish.
Sea pike (Zool.), the garfish
(a) .
[1913 Webster]Luce \Luce\ (l[imac]s), n. [OF. lus, L. lucius a kind of fish.]
(Zool.)
A pike when full grown. --Halliwell.
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Lucency
(gcide) | Lucency \Lu"cen*cy\, n.
The quality of being lucent.
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Lucent
(gcide) | Lucent \Lu"cent\, a. [L. lucens, p. pr. of lucere to shine, fr.
lux, lucis, light.]
Shining; bright; resplendent. " The sun's lucent orb."
--Milton.
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Lucern
(gcide) | Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [F. luzerne.] (Bot.)
A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple
cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also
alfalfa. [Written also lucerne.]
[1913 Webster]Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [L. lucerna.]
A lamp. [Obs.] --Lydgate.
[1913 Webster]Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [Etymology uncertain.] [Obs.]
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1. A sort of hunting dog; -- perhaps from Lucerne, in
Switzerland.
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My lucerns, too, or dogs inured to hunt
Beasts of most rapine. --Chapman.
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2. An animal whose fur was formerly much in request (by some
supposed to be the lynx). [Written also lusern and
luzern.]
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The polecat, mastern, and the richskinned lucern
I know to chase. --Beau. & Fl.
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Lucernal
(gcide) | Lucernal \Lu*cer"nal\, a. [L. lucerna a lamp.]
Of or pertaining to a lamp.
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Lucernal microscope, a form of the microscope in which the
object is illuminated by means of a lamp, and its image is
thrown upon a plate of ground glass connected with the
instrument, or on a screen independent of it.
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Lucernal microscope
(gcide) | Lucernal \Lu*cer"nal\, a. [L. lucerna a lamp.]
Of or pertaining to a lamp.
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Lucernal microscope, a form of the microscope in which the
object is illuminated by means of a lamp, and its image is
thrown upon a plate of ground glass connected with the
instrument, or on a screen independent of it.
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Lucernaria
(gcide) | Lucernaria \Lu`cer*na"ri*a\, n. [NL., fr. L. lucerna a lamp.]
(Zool.)
A genus of acalephs, having a bell-shaped body with eight
groups of short tentacles around the margin. It attaches
itself by a sucker at the base of the pedicel.
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Lucernarian
(gcide) | Lucernarian \Lu`cer*na"ri*an\, a. (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Lucernarida. -- n. One of the
Lucernarida.
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Lucernarida
(gcide) | Lucernarida \Lu`cer*nar"i*da\, n. pl. [NL. See Lucernaria.]
(Zool.)
(a) A division of acalephs, including Lucernaria and allied
genera; -- called also Calycozoa.
(b) A more extensive group of acalephs, including both the
true Lucernarida and the Discophora.
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Lucerne
(gcide) | Lucerne \Lu"cerne\, n. (Bot.)
See Lucern, the plant.
[1913 Webster]Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [F. luzerne.] (Bot.)
A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple
cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also
alfalfa. [Written also lucerne.]
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lucerne
(gcide) | Lucerne \Lu"cerne\, n. (Bot.)
See Lucern, the plant.
[1913 Webster]Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [F. luzerne.] (Bot.)
A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple
cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also
alfalfa. [Written also lucerne.]
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Merluce
(gcide) | Merluce \Mer"luce\, n. [F. merluche, merlus.] (Zool.)
The European hake; -- called also herring hake and {sea
pike}.
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Molucella laevis
(gcide) | Palm \Palm\, n. [AS. palm, L. palma; -- so named fr. the leaf
resembling a hand. See 1st Palm, and cf. Pam.]
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1. (Bot.) Any endogenous tree of the order Palm[ae] or
Palmace[ae]; a palm tree.
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Note: Palms are perennial woody plants, often of majestic
size. The trunk is usually erect and rarely branched,
and has a roughened exterior composed of the persistent
bases of the leaf stalks. The leaves are borne in a
terminal crown, and are supported on stout, sheathing,
often prickly, petioles. They are usually of great
size, and are either pinnately or palmately many-cleft.
There are about one thousand species known, nearly all
of them growing in tropical or semitropical regions.
The wood, petioles, leaves, sap, and fruit of many
species are invaluable in the arts and in domestic
economy. Among the best known are the date palm, the
cocoa palm, the fan palm, the oil palm, the wax palm,
the palmyra, and the various kinds called cabbage palm
and palmetto.
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2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a
symbol of victory or rejoicing.
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A great multitude . . . stood before the throne, and
before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palme
in their hands. --Rev. vii. 9.
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3. Hence: Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or
triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy. "The palm of
martyrdom." --Chaucer.
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So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone. --Shak.
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Molucca palm (Bot.), a labiate herb from Asia ({Molucella
l[ae]vis}), having a curious cup-shaped calyx.
Palm cabbage, the terminal bud of a cabbage palm, used as
food.
Palm cat (Zool.), the common paradoxure.
Palm crab (Zool.), the purse crab.
Palm oil, a vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of
several species of palms, as the African oil palm
(El[ae]is Guineensis), and used in the manufacture of
soap and candles. See El[ae]is.
Palm swift (Zool.), a small swift (Cypselus Batassiensis)
which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut palms in India.
Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf of the palmyra
palm.
Palm toddy. Same as Palm wine.
Palm weevil (Zool.), any one of mumerous species of very
large weevils of the genus Rhynchophorus. The larv[ae]
bore into palm trees, and are called palm borers, and
grugru worms. They are considered excellent food.
Palm wine, the sap of several species of palms, especially,
in India, of the wild date palm (Ph[oe]nix sylvestrix),
the palmyra, and the Caryota urens. When fermented it
yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery.
Called also palm toddy.
Palm worm, or Palmworm. (Zool.)
(a) The larva of a palm weevil.
(b) A centipede.
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Pteromys volucella
(gcide) | Assapan \As`sa*pan"\, Assapanic \As`sa*pan"ic\, n. [Prob. Indian
name.] (Zool.)
The American flying squirrel (Pteromys volucella).
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Relucent
(gcide) | Relucent \Re*lu"cent\ (r?-l?"sent), a. [L. relucens, p. pr.
relucere. See Lucent.]
Reflecting light; shining; glittering; glistening; bright;
luminous; splendid.
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Gorgeous banners to the sun expand
Their streaming volumes of relucent gold. --Glover.
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Sciuropterus volucella
(gcide) | Flying squirrel \Fly"ing squir"rel\ (? or ?). (Zool.)
One of a group of squirrels, of the genus Glaucomys
(formerly Pteromus and Sciuropterus [1913 Webster]),
especially Glaucomys volans and Glaucomys sabrinus,
having parachute-like folds of skin extending from the fore
to the hind legs, which enable them to make very long,
gliding leaps.
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Note: The species of Pteromys are large, with bushy tails,
and inhabit southern Asia and the East Indies; those of
Sciuropterus are smaller, with flat tails, and inhabit
the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America. The
American species (Sciuropterus volucella) is also
called Assapan. The Australian flying squirrels, or
flying phalangers, are marsupials. See {Flying
phalanger} (above).
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Semitranslucent
(gcide) | Semitranslucent \Sem`i*trans*lu"cent\, a.
Slightly clear; transmitting light in a slight degree.
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Subtranslucent
(gcide) | Subtranslucent \Sub`trans*lu"cent\, a.
Not perfectly translucent.
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Tralucency
(gcide) | Tralucency \Tra*lu"cen*cy\, n.
Translucency; as, the tralucency of a gem. [Obs.] --Sir T.
Browne.
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Tralucent
(gcide) | Tralucent \Tra*lu"cent\, a. [L. tralucens, translucens, p. pr.
See Translucent.]
Translucent. [Obs.]
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The air's tralucent gallery. --Sir. J.
Davies.
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Translucence
(gcide) | Translucence \Trans*lu"cence\, Translucency \Trans*lu"cen*cy\,
n.
The quality or state of being translucent; clearness; partial
transparency. --Sir T. Browne.
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Translucency
(gcide) | Translucence \Trans*lu"cence\, Translucency \Trans*lu"cen*cy\,
n.
The quality or state of being translucent; clearness; partial
transparency. --Sir T. Browne.
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Translucent
(gcide) | Translucent \Trans*lu"cent\, a. [L. translucens, -entis, p. pr.
of translucere to shine through; trans across, through =
lucere to shine. See Lucid.]
1. Transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to
be distinctly seen; partially transparent.
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2. Transparent; clear. [Poetic] "Fountain or fresh current .
. . translucent, pure." --Milton.
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Replenished from the cool, translucent springs.
--Pope.
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Syn: Translucent, Transparent.
Usage: A thing is translucent when it merely admits the
passage of light, without enabling us to distinguish
the color and outline of objects through it; it is
transparent when we can clearly discern objects placed
on the other side of it. Glass, water, etc., are
transparent; ground glass is translucent; a
translucent style.
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