Pellucidness

Pellucidness
Pellucidity Pel`lu*cid"i*ty, Pellucidness Pel*lu"cid*ness, n. [L. pelluciditas.] The quality or state of being pellucid; transparency; translucency; clearness; as, the pellucidity of the air. --Locke. [1913 Webster]

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  • pellucidness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality of being clear and easy to perceive or understand: clarity, clearness, distinctness, limpidity, limpidness, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity, perspicuity, perspicuousness, plainness. See CLEAR …   English dictionary for students

  • pellucidness — pel·lu·cid·ness …   English syllables

  • pellucidness — noun passing light without diffusion or distortion • Syn: ↑pellucidity, ↑limpidity • Derivationally related forms: ↑limpid (for: ↑limpidity), ↑pellucid (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • limpidity — noun 1. free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression • Syn: ↑clarity, ↑lucidity, ↑lucidness, ↑pellucidity, ↑clearness • Ant: ↑unclearness (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • pellucidity — noun 1. free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression • Syn: ↑clarity, ↑lucidity, ↑lucidness, ↑clearness, ↑limpidity • Ant: ↑unclearness (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Diaphaneity — Di a*pha*ne i*ty, n. [Cf. F. diaphan[ e]it[ e]. See {Diaphanous}.] The quality of being diaphanous; transparency; pellucidness. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pellucidity — Pel lu*cid i*ty, Pellucidness Pel*lu cid*ness, n. [L. pelluciditas.] The quality or state of being pellucid; transparency; translucency; clearness; as, the pellucidity of the air. Locke. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pellucid — pellucidity /pel oo sid i tee/, pellucidness, n. pellucidly, adv. /peuh looh sid/, adj. 1. allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent. 2. clear or limpid: pellucid waters. 3. clear in meaning, expression, or style: a pellucid… …   Universalium

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