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semidiaphanous

semidiaphanous adjective: half or imperfectly transparent; translucent.

Adjective

semidiaphanous (not comparable)

  1. Half or imperfectly transparent; translucent.
    • The Spar is ſemidiaphanous, white with a Caſt of red, and made up of Plates wedged in with each other in various Poſitions.1729, J[ohn] Woodward, “Classis V. Corpora Coralloidea, & hisce affinia.”, in An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England; […], tome I, London: […] F[rancis] Fayram, […]; J[ohn]...

Origin of semidiaphanous

From semi- + diaphanous.

Questions about semidiaphanous

What does semidiaphanous mean?
Semidiaphanous means half or imperfectly transparent; translucent.
What part of speech is semidiaphanous?
Semidiaphanous is an adjective.

Words near semidiaphanous in the dictionary

  1. semidiapason
  2. semidiapasons
  3. semidiapente
  4. semidiapentes
  5. semidiaphaneity
  6. semidiaphanous
  7. semidiatessaron
  8. semidiatessarons
  9. semidiesel
  10. semidiesels
  11. semidigested

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