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Definition of Pellucid

1. Adjective. Transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity. "Transparent crystal"

2. Adjective. (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable. "A perspicuous argument"

Definition of Pellucid

1. a. Transparent; clear; limpid; translucent; not opaque.

Definition of Pellucid

1. Adjective. allowing for the passage of light; transparent ¹

2. Adjective. easily understood; clear ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pellucid

1. transparent [adj] - See also: transparent

Medical Definition of Pellucid

1. Transparent. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pellucid

pellile pellitories pellitorine pellitory pellitory-of-Spain pellitory-of-the-wall pellitory of Spain pellitory of the wall pellmell pellmells

pellock pellocks pellote pellouxite pells pellucid (current term) pellucid zone pellucidity pellucidly pellucidness

pellyite pelma pelmanism pelmas pelmatic pelmatogram pelmeni pelmenis pelmet pelmets

Literary usage of Pellucid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"pellucid is said of that which is pervious to the light, or of that into which the eye can penetrate ; transparent is said of that which is throughout ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1898)
"PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF flower are reached, scarcely any but the pellucid dots are founi They reappear again in numbers on the petals. ..."

3. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1806)
"It is cast up on the beach in large green shining pellucid tufts, about 6 inches tall, which are somewhat wiry and elastic to the touch. ..."

4. The Theory of Light by Thomas Preston (1912)
"of a medium which he called the pellucid (Sia^aves). * Although the reasoning of Aristotle was very superficial, yet he is entitled to considerable credit ..."

5. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants: With an Easy Introduction to the by William Withering (1801)
"Leaves mid-ribbed, oblong, blunt, about 6 inches long and lj inch broad, pellucid and thin as gold-beaters skin; red, often with cross bars or stripes of a ..."

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