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PELLUCIDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pellucidness mean?
• PELLUCIDNESS (noun)
The noun PELLUCIDNESS has 1 sense:
1. passing light without diffusion or distortion
Familiarity information: PELLUCIDNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Passing light without diffusion or distortion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
limpidity; pellucidity; pellucidness
Hypernyms ("pellucidness" is a kind of...):
transparence; transparency; transparentness (the quality of being clear and transparent)
Derivation:
pellucid (transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity)
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