semitransparent
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To boost the efficiency of solar receivers, Casati turned to semitransparent materials such as quartz, which can trap sunlight -- a phenomenon called the thermal-trap effect.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2024
The cage-like structures pioneered in Oregon are heavy-duty, semitransparent and easy to clean.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2023
Then she began complicating the spatial play by extending hundreds of lengths of string diagonally out from the wall and attaching them to the floor, producing cascading forms that looked both densely streamlined and semitransparent.
From New York Times • May 26, 2022
Renderings for the 60,000-seat, semitransparent venue ringed by a moat were aired in March 2016 as part of a CBS “60 Minutes” segment on its Danish architect.
From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2017
Finally they bought a waterproof cape that enveloped her completely, made of semitransparent seal intestine.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing semitransparent
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: semi-
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