Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "pellucid" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PELLUCID

From Latin pellūcidus, variant of perlūcidus, from perlūcēre to shine through, from per through + lūcēre to shine.
info
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp
section

PRONUNCIATION OF PELLUCID

pellucid  [pɛˈluːsɪd] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PELLUCID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pellucid is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PELLUCID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pellucid

Transparency and translucency

In the field of optics, transparency is the physical property of allowing light to pass through the material without being scattered. On a macroscopic scale, the photons can be said to follow Snell's Law. Translucency is a super-set of transparency: it allows light to pass through, but does not necessarily follow Snell's law; the photons can be scattered at either of the two interfaces where there is a change in index of refraction, or internally. In other words, a translucent medium allows the transport of light while a transparent medium not only allows the transport of light but allows for image formation. The opposite property of translucency is opacity. Transparent materials appear clear, with the overall appearance of one color, or any combination leading up to a brilliant spectrum of every color. When light encounters a material, it can interact with it in several different ways. These interactions depend on the wavelength of the light and the nature of the material. Photons interact with an object by some combination of reflection, absorption and transmission.

Definition of pellucid in the English dictionary

The definition of pellucid in the dictionary is transparent or translucent. Other definition of pellucid is extremely clear in style and meaning; limpid.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PELLUCID


accursed
əˈkɜːsɪd
cercopithecid
ˌsɜːkəʊpɪˈθiːsɪd
cursed
ˈkɜːsɪd
deuced
ˈdjuːsɪd
lucid
ˈluːsɪd
mucid
ˈmjuːsɪd
raucid
ˈrɔːsɪd
scolecid
skəʊˈliːsɪd
Seleucid
sɪˈluːsɪd
semipellucid
ˌsɛmɪpɛˈluːsɪd
translucid
trænzˈluːsɪd
ursid
ˈɜːsɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PELLUCID

pellet gun
pelletal
Pelletier
pelletisation
pelletise
pelletiser
pelletization
pelletize
pelletizer
pellicle
pellicular
pellitories
pellitory
pellitory of Spain
pellitory-of-the-wall
pellock
pellucidity
pellucidly
pellucidness
pellum

WORDS THAT END LIKE PELLUCID

acetic acid
adipic acid
amino acid
ascorbic acid
carboxylic acid
citric acid
fatty acid
folic acid
gamma-aminobutyric acid
hyaluronic acid
hydrochloric acid
hydroxy acid
lactic acid
lysergic acid
nonessential amino acid
nucleic acid
omega-3 fatty acid
placid
rancid
sulfuric acid

Synonyms and antonyms of pellucid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PELLUCID»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pellucid» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of pellucid

Translation of «pellucid» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF PELLUCID

Find out the translation of pellucid to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pellucid from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pellucid» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

深入浅出
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pelúcida
570 millions of speakers

English

pellucid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पारदर्शक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شفيف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прозрачная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pelúcida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নির্মল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

transparent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pellucid
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

durchsichtig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

透明な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

선점
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pellucid
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trong suốt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒழுங்கீனமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुगंधी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

saydam
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pellucido
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przezroczysty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прозора
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

străveziu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαφανής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

doorschijnend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pellucid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pellucid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pellucid

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PELLUCID»

The term «pellucid» is regularly used and occupies the 87.851 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
59
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «pellucid» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of pellucid
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «pellucid».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PELLUCID» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pellucid» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pellucid» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pellucid

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PELLUCID»

Discover the use of pellucid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pellucid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pellucid Waters: Selected Poems
Claude Ploquin's wrote his first book of poetry Jericho in 1963, which immediately established him as a leading avant-garde poet. Pellucid Waters gathers poems which he wrote in the 1960s.
Claude Péloquin, 1998
2
Corneal Surgery: Theory, Technique and Tissue
The cornea protrudes above the area of thinning, resulting in high regular and irregular astigmatism. Spontaneous perforation and hydrops have been described.80,81 Pellucid marginal degeneration is usually detected between the second ...
Frederick S. Brightbill, 2009
3
Irregular Astigmatism: Diagnosis and Treatment
Pellucid marginal corneal degeneration: a clinicopathologic study of two cases. Exp Eye Res. 1981;33(3):277- 288. Ramamurthy B, et al. Spontaneneous hydrops in pellucid marginal degeneration: documentation by OCT-III. Clin Experiment ...
Ming X. Wang, Tracy Schroeder Swartz, 2008
4
The European Garden Flora: Dicotyledons (Part I)
Tops of leaves green, greyish green, whitish green, olive green or purplish green (i,e. basically green) 2 Tops of leaves some other colour 1 7 Pellucid dots present 3 Pellucid dots absent 6 Tops of leaves strongly convex; leaves not tightly ...
Stuart Max Walters, 1989
5
The Proctor Bulletin
r Pellucid marginal corneal degeneration is considered a rare entity. The scientific reports concerning this entity are quite scanty in both American and European literature. Pellucid marginal corneal degeneration is commonly described as a ...
Francis I. Proctor Foundation, 1982
6
This Land
At the far western side of the Homochitto National Forest, about 4 miles northwest of Pipes Lake and within the Sandy Creek Wildlife Management Area, is pretty Pellucid Bayou with deep sandy areas at several places along the bayou.
Robert H. Mohlenbrock, 2006
7
Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
21. The linter^v ventricofe oval vibrio, with a short neck, is found among the lemna, but not very frequently. It is among the larger kinds of animalcules, egg-( haped, pellucid, and somewhat depressed at top. 22. The ulriculus relembles a bottle j ...
John Wilkes (of Milland House, Sussex), 1810
8
aristotele's psychology
— viz. colour (wept □xpw/j.aTwv). Colour itself is a secondary quality (to adopt Locke's phraseology) which has the power of throwing the actually pellucid into movement1: for it is this excitation of the pellucid or diaphanous and no material ...
9
An encyclopædia of plants;: comprising the description, ...
Lvs. amplexicaul. obi. lane, acute revolute at edge, Pedunc short thick 10994 Stem square herbaceous simple erect, Leaves amplexicaul lane, acute with pellucid dots 10995 Stem winged at base square at end herbaceous simple, Lvs. obL ...
John Claudius Loudon, Mrs. Loudon (Jane), George Don, 1836
10
101 Pearls in Refractive, Cataract, and Corneal Surgery
Finally, keratoconus topography can take the appearance generally presented with pellucid marginal degeneration of a "C" or claw-shaped pattern of elevated power that generally gives rise to against-the-rule astigmatism. In such a case, the ...
Samir A. Melki, Dimitri T. Azar, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PELLUCID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pellucid is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Prom 10: Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Andsnes review – Beethoven …
... vehement of the set, when a shade more character would not have gone amiss; but the Largo's intricate melodic line was ideally pellucid. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
All That Glitters: mentalKLINIK at Louise Alexander Gallery
Cut from pellucid solar-sensitive film and then applied to the mirrored surface, the terms selected, laden with cultural meaning, become acutely ... «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Jul 15»
3
Increase in golf rounds a trend or just a blip?
Pellucid, which tracks all kinds of data for the game of golf from where the sale of golf gloves are this month to how many hours the game loses ... «The Desert Sun, Jul 15»
4
In late Beethoven, Paul Lewis lets music speak for itself
Occasionally Lewis threw caution to the wind, as in the close of the fugue that ends the Sonata in A-flat (Op. 110), which was both pellucid and ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
5
Park district tries to nip country club rumors
... horizon," Pellucid Corp. consultants noted in a study that analyzed the viability of both Sunset Valley and Highland Park Country Club from a ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
6
Star pianist Yuja Wang gives a cracking performance in her Sydney …
... International Pianists in Recitals series she set her program to shuffle and came up with a magical merging of pellucid Scriabin and singing ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
7
National Repertory Orchestra presents Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in …
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is widely known for his musical genius and the pellucid, melodic style that defined music's Classical period. Yet in ... «Summit Daily News, Jul 15»
8
Review: Dale Warland makes triumphant return to Dominick …
Here's an irony: Walden Pond, immortalized by writer Henry David Thoreau for its “crystalline, pellucid” waters, was last week banned to ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
9
Best holiday reads 2015
But I tend to be rather restless on holiday, so I will return imaginatively to London in all its gritty greyness, accompanied by the pellucid prose of ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
10
National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, Charles …
Mr. Li's technique is faultless, the frequent octave runs, the opening arpeggios, the cadenza, were all pellucid, elegant, precise. But where, one ... «ConcertoNet, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Pellucid [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pellucid>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z