translucent substance

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translucent substance - a material having the property of admitting light diffusely; a partly transparent materialtransparent substancematerial, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"isinglass, mica - any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricityhyalin, hyaline - a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions