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Shining; bright; resplendent; as, the lucid orbs of heaven. Lucid, like a glowworm. Sir I. Newton. A court compact of lucid marbles. Tennyson.

The quality or state of being lucid.

In a lucid manner.

The quality of being lucid; lucidity.

An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar form, or an arrangement of mirrors, causes an apparent image of an external object or objects to appear as if projected upon a plane surface, as of paper or canvas, so that the outlines may conveniently traced. It is generally used with the microscope.…

Clear; lucid. [Obs.] Bacon. -- Di*lu"cid*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Di`lu*cid"i*ty, n. [Obs.]

To elucidate. [Obs.] Boyle.

The act of making clear. [Obs.] Boyle.

make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.

A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; as, one example may serve for further elucidation of the subject.

Making clear; tending to elucidate; as, an elucidative note.

One who explains or elucidates; an expositor.

Tending to elucidate; elucidative. [R.]

Transparent; clear; limpid; translucent; not opaque. "Pellucid crystal." Dr. H. More. "Pellucid streams." Wordsworth.

The quality or state of being pellucid; transparency; translucency; clearness; as, the pellucidity of the air. Locke.

In a pellucid manner.

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

The qualiti or state of being imperfectly transparent.

Somewhat pellucid; nearly pellucid.

Translucent. [R.] Bacon.