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pellucid

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pellucid  \Pel*lu"cid\,  a.  [L.  pellucidus  per  (see  {Per-})  + 
  lucidus  clear,  bright:  cf  F.  pellucide.] 
  Transparent;  clear;  limpid;  translucent;  not  opaque. 
  ``Pellucid  crystal.''  --Dr.  H.  More  ``Pellucid  streams.'' 
  --Wordsworth. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pellucid 
  adj  1:  transmitting  light;  able  to  be  seen  through  with  clarity; 
  "the  cold  crystalline  water  of  melted  snow";  "crystal 
  clear  skies";  "could  see  the  sand  on  the  bottom  of  the 
  limpid  pool";  "lucid  air";  "a  pellucid  brook"; 
  "transparent  cristal"  [syn:  {crystalline},  {crystal 
  clear},  {limpid},  {lucid},  {transparent}] 
  2:  (of  language)  transparently  clear;  easily  understandable; 
  "writes  in  a  limpid  style";  "lucid  directions";  "a 
  luculent  oration"-  Robert  Burton;  "pellucid  prose";  "a 
  crystal  clear  explanation";  "a  perspicuous  argument"  [syn: 
  {limpid},  {lucid},  {luculent},  {crystal  clear},  {perspicuous}]




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