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pellucids

pellucids is the plural of pellucid.

Meaning of pellucid

Noun

pellucid (plural pellucids)

  1. (literary, obsolete, rare) Something which allows the passage of light; a translucent or transparent object.
    • A Pellucid is not ſeen, but percieved^([sic]) by the privation of Colour. So vve ſee not Air in Air, VVater in VVater, Glaſs in Glaſs, and every Pellucid in an equal Pellucid; and becauſe vve knovv they are not coloured, vve count them to be diaphanous, viz. that may be ſeen, or ſhone thorough.1729, [Johann Jacob Hainlin], “Of the Vision of Pellucidity or Shining through”, in Venterus Mandey, transl., Synopsis Mathematica Universalis: Or, A Brief System of Mathematics, […], [3rd] edition...

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Questions about pellucids

What is pellucids the plural of?
Pellucids is the plural of pellucid.

Words near pellucids in the dictionary

  1. pellucidins
  2. pellucidities
  3. pellucidity
  4. pellucidly
  5. pellucidness
  6. pellucids
  7. Pelluebla
  8. Pelluhue
  9. Pelly
  10. Pelly Bay
  11. pellyite

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