PELLUCIDITY

pellucidness, pellucidity, limpidity

(noun) passing light without diffusion or distortion

clarity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity, clearness, limpidity

(noun) free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pellucidity (usually uncountable, plural pellucidities)

Transparency; lucidity; clarity.

Synonyms

• pellucidness

Source: Wiktionary


Pel`lu*cid"i*ty, Pel*lu"cid*ness, n. Etym: [L. pelluciditas.]

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

12 June 2025

RAREFACTION

(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”


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Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

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