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Transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen; partially transparent.

Capable of being transmitted from one to another; capable of being passed through any body or substance.

The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from father to son, or from one generation to another.

An adherent of a theory, the transmission theory, that the brain serves to "transmit," rather than to originate, conclusions, and hence that consciousness may exist independently of the brain.

Capable of being transmitted; derived, or handed down, from one to another. Itself a sun, it with transmissive light Enlivens worlds denied to human sight. Prior.

nsmute us into idols. Buckminster. Transmuting sorrow into golden joy Free from alloy. H. Smith.

Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent diamond; -- opposed to Ant: opaque. "Transparent elemental air." Milton.

es of trees and shrubs, as the May beetles, the rose beetle, the rose chafer, and the goldsmith beetle. -- Tree bug (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of hemipterous insects which live upon, and suck the sap of, trees and shrubs. They belong to Arma, Pentatoma, Rhaphigaster, and allied genera. -- Tree cat (Zool.),…

A goldsmith's tool used in making rings. Ainsworth.

ose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust. The hermit trimmed his little fire. Goldsmith.

Having three corresponding parts or copies; as, to make indentures tripartite. A. Smith.

To fish in; to seek to catch fish from. With patient angle trolls the finny deep. Goldsmith.

A kind of loose dress for women. [Obs.] Goldsmith.

argument; -- opposed to falsism. Trifling truisms clothed in great, swelling words. J. P. Smith.

An assemblage of members of wood or metal, supported at two points, and arranged to transmit pressure vertically to those points, with the least possible strain across the length of any member. Architectural trusses when left visible, as in open timber roofs, often contain members not needed for construction, or are bu…

A pair of blacksmith's tongs.

tulipwood, the variegated wood of an Australian sapindaceous tree (Harpullia pendula). J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).

often have I led thy sportive choir, With tuneless pipe, beside the murmuring Loire! Goldsmith.

Adapted for producing or for receiving either of two speeds; -- said of a power-transmitting device.

d ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled. Dr. W. Smith.