translucence
noun/trænzˈluːsns/
/trænzˈluːsns/
(also translucency
[uncountable] (formal)/trænzˈluːsnsi/
/trænzˈluːsnsi/
)- the ability to allow light to pass through without being completely clear
- Her skin had the papery-thin translucence of great age.
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