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| 1. | [ adjective ] transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity | |
| Synonyms: | transparent crystal_clear lucid limpid crystalline | |
| Examples: | "the cold crystalline water of melted snow" "crystal clear skies" "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool" "lucid air" "a pellucid brook" "transparent crystal" |
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| Related terms: | clear | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable | |
| Synonyms: | lucid crystal_clear luculent perspicuous limpid | |
| Examples: | "writes in a limpid style" "lucid directions" "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton "pellucid prose" "a crystal clear explanation" "a perspicuous argument" |
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| Related terms: | language clear | |
| Similar spelling: |
pellucidly pellucidity Pelchat |
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