Sentence examples for semitransparent from inspiring English sources

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semitransparent

adjective

Translucent. Allowing some visibility but clouded or obscured.

  • The fogged window was only semitransparent and I could only dimly make out the figures.

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These waves continue to their respective mirrors, are reflected, and return to the semitransparent mirror.

A semitransparent mirror is angled at 45 degrees between camera and projector; the camera photographs the scene through the glass while the mirror particles reflect the projection beam onto the screen.

He created an ethereal, semitransparent grid of white steel tubes that merged with the landscape, at once cloudlike and formal in its composition.

Phosphorus (P), nonmetallic chemical element of the nitrogen family (Group 15 [Va] of the periodic table) that at room temperature is a colourless, semitransparent, soft, waxy solid that glows in the dark.

An optical image falling on one side of a semitransparent cathode is converted into an equivalent "electron current" image on the other side.

These instruments divide the light with semitransparent surfaces, producing two or more beams that travel different paths and then recombine.

The number of capillaries in active tissue, such as muscle, liver, kidney, and lungs, is greater than the number in tendon or ligament; in addition, the cornea of the eye, epidermis, and hyaline cartilage (semitransparent cartilage such as is found in joints) are devoid of capillaries.

In the Michelson interferometer, an incident beam of light strikes a tilted semitransparent mirror and divides the light into a reflected and transmitted wave.

In the semitransparent but beautifully pink-tinged species of the genus Careproctus, found in deep, cold polar waters, the pelvic sucker is greatly reduced in size and presumably in efficiency.

Shrimp are characterized by a semitransparent body flattened from side to side and a flexible abdomen terminating in a fanlike tail.

The coloration of the lid is also thought to attract prey and features patches of semitransparent tissue that confuse and exhaust flying insects within the trap.

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