Adjective

(en adjective)

Allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it.

* 1913 , , The Day of Days , ch. 1:

The window-panes, encrusted with perennial deposits of Atmosphere, were less transparent than translucent .

* 1921 , , Jill the Reckless , ch. 21:

On the windows of the nearer buildings the sun cast glittering beams, but further away a faint, translucent mist hid the city.

Clear, lucid, or transparent.

* 1884 , Henry J. Ramsdell, Life and Public Services of Hon. James G. Blaine , Hubbard, pp. 105-106:

Mr. Blaine's powers and disposition shone resplendent. . . . the gavel in his practised hand, chiming in with varied tones that aptly enforced his words, from the sharp rat-tat-tat that recalled the House to decorum, to the vigorous thunder that actually drowned unparliamentary speech; rulings, repartee, translucent explanation flashing from his lips as quick as lighting.

* 1904 , , The Club of Queer Trades , ch. 4:

"I was startled at your not seeing it from the beginning. The man is a translucent liar and knave."

* 1919 , , The Lords of the Wild , ch. 3:

[T]he sun was in its greatest splendor, and the air was absolutely translucent . The lake and the mountains sprang out, sharp and clear.

Adjective

(en adjective)

clear, and having no uncertainty or ambiguity

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, year = 1965 , month = July , first = Donald , last = Knuth , coauthors = , title = On the Translation of Languages from Left to Right , journal = Information and Control , volume = 8 , issue = , url = http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~mckeeman/cs48/mxcom/doc/knuth65.pdf , pages = 707–639 , passage = }}

An LR(k'') grammar is clearly unambiguous''', since the definition
implies every derivation tree must have the same handle, and by induc-
tion there is only one possible tree. It is interesting to point out further-
more that nearly every grammar which is known to be '''unambiguous is
either an LR(''k'') grammar, or (dually) is a right-to-left translatable
grammar, or is some grammar which is translated using "both ends to-
ward the middle." Thus, the LR(''k ) condition may be regarded as the most
powerful general test for nonambiguity that is now available.