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
The curtain of “Cloak” is semitransparent — it allows vision and blocks it at the same time, and, if people step behind it, functions as a sort of hiding place.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2022
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
Now I was standing on a semitransparent running track, a curved looping ribbon suspended in a starry nebula.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Vocabulary lists containing semitransparent
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: semi-
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