Definition of Semiopaque

1. Adjective. Partially opaque.

Similar to: Opaque

Definition of Semiopaque

1. a. Half opaque; only half transparent.

Definition of Semiopaque

1. Adjective. Partially opaque. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Semiopaque

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Semiopaque

semiofficial
semiofficially
semiographic
semiography
semiologic
semiological
semiologically
semiologies
semiologioal
semiologist
semiologists
semiology
semionarrative
semiopal
semiopals
semiopaque (current term)
semiopathic
semiopen
semioperatic
semiorbicular
semiordered
semioses
semiosis
semiosphere
semiotic
semiotical
semiotician
semioticians
semioticist
semioticists

Literary usage of Semiopaque

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

1. The Letter of Dr. Diego Alvarez Chanca, Dated 1484 by Diego Alvarez Chanca, Augstine Marcus Fernández de Ybarra (1907)
"... the mesonotum with fine and scattered punctures, the scutellum with only a few fine dispersed punctures ; the pleurae are semiopaque ; the metathorax is ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1877)
"The flesh- coloured variety shows some well-marked twin crystals ; the iridescent semiopaque felspar is only sparingly developed, while the finely lined ..."

3. Bulletin by United States Weather Bureau (1902)
"We are, therefore, brought to conceive of the umbra as surrounded by semiopaque rings in the plane sections, perpendicular to the axis, of such a character ..."

4. The Natural and morbid changes of the human eye, and their treatment by Charles Bader (1868)
"The retina at first loses its transparency, and becomes semiopaque. ... The retina finally is reduced to a semiopaque or transparent, thin, ..."

5. Pyrology: Or Fire Chemistry; a Science Interesting to the General by William Alexander Ross (1875)
"Alumina is evolved as white streaky matter, and the remaining ball is clear under strong OP, but on cooling, semiopaque, white, and highly crystalline. ..."

6. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1912)
"Coconut 5, 5 a, 3, 3 a: Entirely overgrown with semiopaque growth. ... The growth in all of these plates was very rapid, semiopaque, and wet shining. ..."

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