pellucid

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Allowing the passage of light; translucent or transparent.

   “This Cryſtal is a pellucid fiſſile Stone, clear as VVater or Cryſtal of the Rock, and vvithout Colour; enduring a red Heat vvithout loſing its tranſparency, and in a very ſtrong Heat calcining vvithout Fuſion.”

2. sıfat Easily understood; clear.

   “Written in spare, pellucid prose, the book reads like a close-to-the-bone memoir.”

3. sıfat Of music or some other sound: not discordant or harsh; clear and pure-sounding.

   “Opera star [Giorgio] Tozzi sings with the richness of burnished bronze and [Sharon] Daniels complements him with her pellucid soprano.”

4. sıfat Of a person, their mind, etc.: able to think and understand clearly; not confused; clear, sharp.
5. sıfat Easily recognized or seen through; apparent, obvious.
6. isim 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.”