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A transparent body found in the chromatophores of certain Infusoria.

mineral which is opaque in its natural state, but is said to change its color and become transparent by heat.

Rendered transparent by heat.

silicon dioxide (SiO2), occurring in hexagonal crystals, which are commonly colorless and transparent, but sometimes also yellow, brown, purple, green, and of other colors; also in cryptocrystalline massive forms varying in color and degree of transparency, being sometimes opaque.

To break the natural course of, as rays of light orr heat, when passing from one transparent medium to another of different density; to cause to deviate from a direct course by an action distinct from reflection; as, a dense medium refrcts the rays of light as they pass into it from a rare medium.

Minute transparent, often needlle-shaped, crystals found in the tissues of plants. [Written also raphides.]

nto the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook. Transparent and sparkling rivers, from which it is delightful to drink as they flow. Macaulay.

aw. -- Roman nose, a nose somewhat aquiline. -- Roman ocher, a deep, rich orange color, transparent and durable, used by artists. Ure. -- Roman order (Arch.), the composite order. See Composite, a., 2.

A genus of transparent, free-swimming marine worms having lateral and caudal fins, and capable of swimming rapidly. It is the type of the class Chætognatha.

A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix.

arine annelid of the genus Hyalinæcia, especially H. tubicola of Europe, which inhabits a transparent movable tube resembling a quill in color and texture.

Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3; corundum; esp., the blue transparent variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem. of rubies, sapphires, and of pearlés white. Chaucer.

The very thin transparent and apparently homogenous sheath which incloses a striated muscular fiber; the myolemma.

A variety of gypsum, occuring in transparent crystals or crystalline masses.

ix signifying half, and sometimes partly or imperfectly; as, semiannual, half yearly; semitransparent, imperfectly transparent.

Half or imperfect transparency; translucency. [R.] Boyle.

Half or imperfectly transparent; translucent. Woodward.

Half opaque; only half transparent.

Half clear, or imperfectly transparent; as, a semipellucid gem.

The qualiti or state of being imperfectly transparent.