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单词 diaphaneity
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diaphaneityn.

/dʌɪˌafəˈniːɪti/
Forms: Also 1600s -iety.
Etymology: modern < Greek διαϕανής, stem διαϕανε- , transparent, or διαϕάνεια transparency: see -ity suffix. Perhaps originating in a medieval or modern Latin *diaphaneitās . Occurring in French (diaphanéité ) in 14th cent. (Hatzfeld & Darmesteter); in English late in 17th cent., an earlier synonym being diaphanity n. The corresponding form of the adjective is diaphaneous.
The quality of being freely pervious to light; transparency.
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the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [noun]
diaphanity1477
perspicuitya1500
sheerness1587
transparence1594
translucency1598
tralucency1599
transparency1615
clarity1616
pellucidity1642
diaphaneity1660
pellucidness1684
clearness1692
translucidity1694
translucidness1727
transparentness1727
translucence1755
see-through1954
1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxxvii. 311 The Diaphaneity of the Air.
1662 R. Boyle Examen Mr. T. Hobbs vii. 80, in New Exper. Physico-mechanicall (ed. 2) The difficulty of explaining the Diaphaneity of Glass or Crystal.
1662 C. Merrett tr. A. Neri Art of Glass xxxvi Until the Sea~green lose it's transparencie and diaphanietie.
1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 3046 The different Diaphaneities of the Humors of the Eye.
1678 T. Hobbes Decameron Physiologicum ix. 121 The Causes of Diaphaniety, and Refraction.
1825 New Monthly Mag. 13 206 The diaphaneity of the material.
1847 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. (rev. ed.) II. x. i. 548 The diaphaneity of bodies, is very distinct from their power of transmitting heat.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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