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ˌsemi-transˈparent, a. Chiefly scientific. [semi- 8.] Partially or imperfectly transparent.
c1793Encycl. Brit. (1797) XI. 434/1 Corneous ore..is foliated and semitransparent. 1857Miller Elem. Chem., Org. (1862) iv. §1. 253 They possess the property of rendering paper semitransparent, producing what is well known as a greasy stain. 1870Dickens E. Drood iv, Her semi-transparent hands were clasped together. 1883Encycl. Brit. XVI. 390/1 Common Opal: semitransparent, vitreous. |