semitransparency

Roget category 427

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#427. Semitransparency

noun

semitransparency, translucency, semiopacity — opalescence, milkiness, pearliness^† — gauze, muslin — film — mica, mother-of-pearl, nacre — mist etc. (cloud) 353.
[opalescent jewel] opal.
turbidity etc. 426.1.

adjective

semitransparent, translucent, semipellucid^†, semidiaphanous^†, semiopacous^†, semiopaque — opalescent, opaline^† — pearly, milky — frosted, nacreous.

verb

opalesce.
(ii) SPECIFIC LIGHT

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