transluce
transluce verb: to shine (light) through, and thus make (the thing which is shined through) translucent.
Verb
transluce (third-person singular simple present transluces, present participle translucing, simple past and past participle transluced)
- To shine (light) through, and thus make (the thing which is shined through) translucent.
- […] for her stainless soul transluced the fairest skin, making simplicity a grace, filling her large blue eyes with gentle rays; and her arch laughter with innocent mirth.1904, John P. Lonargan, Cwan and Genevieve: A Tale of Love and Romance in the Days of Roderick, Last Monarch of All Ireland, page 35
- By translucing the paper when the negative is otherwise finished the grain can be reduced to a minimum. The following translucing media may be mentioned: (1) Vaseline, (2) paraffin waxin paraffin, (3) castor oil and alcohol, (4) white wax ...1915, The Photographic Journal of America: The Oldest Photography Magazine in America, page 111
- To be translucent or transparent, to allow light to shine through.
- holy are the doors that admit
holy are the rivets that bind
holy are the windows that transluce2006, Alexander Levering Kern, Becoming Fire: Spiritual Writing from Rising Generations, Andover Newton Publications, page 5 - At the end of the dance, when “matter turned to spirit,” the two cliffs once again came together to form an arch but both rock structures were now lighted to transluce and transform into stained glass.2007, Nicanor G. Tiongson, Salvador F. Bernal: Designing the Stage
- holy are the doors that admit
Examples of transluce in a sentence
- The less transparent consciousness is, the less translucent will the world itself be.1970, Robert S. Hartman, Robert. E. Carter, "Dialogue on Intrinsic Value" (1970), pages 122-23, quoted in 2014, Rem B. Edwards, John W....
- In his refusal to allow tropes to transluce into meaning, Donne locates spiritual significance not in the disembodied and abstract sphere but in the body itself.2014, Kimberly Johnson, Made Flesh: Sacrament and Poetics in Post-Reformation England, University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 32:
- Cook the bacon in a pan, add the onion and cook until they start to transluce, then add the garlic and cook for another minute.2018, Mattis Lundqvist, 25 Low-Carbohydrate Recipes for the Slow Cooker: Delicious low carb recipes for all slow cooker fans - part 1...
Forms of transluce
| third-person singular present | transluces |
|---|---|
| present participle | translucing |
| past participle | transluced |
| past | transluced |
Origin of transluce
As if from Latin trānslūceō (“shine through; be translucent”), but perhaps a back-formation from translucent (ultimately from the same Latin verb).
Questions about transluce
- What does transluce mean?
- Transluce means to shine (light) through, and thus make (the thing which is shined through) translucent.
- How do you use transluce in a sentence?
- The less transparent consciousness is, the less translucent will the world itself be.
- What part of speech is transluce?
- Transluce is a verb.
- What is the past tense of transluce?
- The past tense of transluce is transluced.
Words near transluce in the dictionary
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