pellucidity

  • 71pellucid — /pəˈlusəd / (say puh loohsuhd) adjective 1. allowing the passage of light; translucent. 2. clear or limpid, as water. 3. clear in meaning. {Latin pellūcidus transparent} –pellucidity /pɛləˈsɪdəti/ (say peluh siduhtee), pellucidness, noun… …

  • 72pellucid —   a. clear; transparent.    ♦ pellucidity, n …

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  • 73pellucid — [pə lo͞o′sid] adj. [L pellucidus < pellucere, to shine through < per, through (see PER1) + lucere, to shine < lux,LIGHT1] 1. transparent or translucent; clear 2. easy to understand; clear and simple in style [a pellucid explanation] SYN …

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  • 74clearcutness — noun clarity as a consequence of precision • Syn: ↑preciseness • Derivationally related forms: ↑clear cut, ↑precise (for: ↑preciseness) • Hypernyms: ↑clarity …

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  • 75comprehensibility — noun the quality of comprehensible language or thought • Syn: ↑understandability • Ant: ↑incomprehensibility • Derivationally related forms: ↑understandable (for: ↑understandability), ↑ …

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  • 76explicitness — noun clarity as a consequence of being explicit • Ant: ↑inexplicitness • Derivationally related forms: ↑explicit • Hypernyms: ↑clarity, ↑lucidity, ↑lucidness, ↑pellucidity, ↑ …

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  • 77luculent — adjective (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable writes in a limpid style lucid directions a luculent oration Robert Burton pellucid prose a crystal clear explanation a perspicuous argument • Syn: ↑ …

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  • 78monosemy — noun having a single meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases • Ant: ↑polysemy • Derivationally related forms: ↑monosemous • Hypernyms: ↑clarity, ↑lucidity, ↑lucidness, ↑ …

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  • 79pellucid — adj. 1 (of water, light, etc.) transparent, clear. 2 (of style, speech, etc.) not confused; clear. 3 mentally clear. Derivatives: pellucidity n. pellucidly adv. Etymology: L pellucidus f. perlucere (as PER , lucere shine) …

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  • 80perspicuity — noun clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous • Syn: ↑perspicuousness, ↑plainness • Derivationally related forms: ↑plain (for: ↑plainness), ↑perspicuous (for: ↑ …

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