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

Her long red hair, split into two high ponytails, glimmered in the light that filtered through the rainbow-colored, semitransparent ceiling.

From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2020

Their delicate fields of blue, mint green, pink, yellow or smudgy white are airy and semitransparent.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2017

The Sixers had installed some type of magical shield over Castle Anorak, a semitransparent dome that completely covered the castle and the area around it.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline