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Lets light through, keeps secrets intact — the frosted glass of honesty.
means The quality of letting light pass through something without revealing a clear, detailed image of what's on the other side.
from Built from Latin trans- ('through') and lucere ('to shine'), the same glowing root behind 'lucid' and 'illuminate.' Translucent things sit in the middle ground Latin speakers carved out between 'transparent' (clear through, pellucidus) and 'opaque' (blocked entirely) — light gets through, but the picture doesn't.
- not transparency
- light passes, but the image doesn't
- corporate buzzword
- means exactly as much as company wants
- physics term
- scattered photons, not blocked or clear
- design favorite
- shower doors and skin both use it