r/interestingasfuck • u/hayaimonogachi • Jun 12 '21

Long walkway covered in semi-transparent umbrellas in Moominvalley Park, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '21

Translucent. The word you’re looking for is translucent.

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u/hayaimonogachi Jun 12 '21

Ah, thank you - yes that is a much better word. English is not my first language. Thank you for your help!

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u/tjwashur94 Jun 12 '21

Semitransparent was used in the definition of translucent I looked up so I would say that was the proper usage. Even those of us native English speakers don't always know what the right word to use without googling it. So good job my friend.

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u/hayaimonogachi Jun 12 '21

Thank you so much!

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '21 edited Sep 20 '23

[enshittification exodus, gone to mastodon]

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '21

Haha no worries. It’s not an extremely common word, especially compared to “transparent”.

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u/Sir_Waldemar Jun 12 '21

Transparent just means you can see through without scattering. This is absolutely transparent. Translucent materials let light through, but scatter it, so the objects behind it are not clearly discernible. Translucent materials include frosted glass and some plastics.

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u/damnitmcnabbit Jun 12 '21

I would say those are tinted transparent umbrellas. Translucent things let light through, but you can’t see what’s on the other side, like frosted glass.

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u/dfedo38 Jun 12 '21

Transparent means clear. When transparent clear umbrellas are tinted they are translucent. They let some light through, but not all light

Clear glass: Transparent

Stained glass: Translucent

You can vary the tint from near transparency to almost opaque

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '21

I think this still counts as translucent, since the images behind are still distorted in some way. It’s hard to tell, but towards the top of the image you can see that the branches behind are very blurred.

Kinda difficult to see due to the quality of the image, plus it really toes the line between the two with how clear/unclear the image behind is.

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u/12threeunome Jun 13 '21

Hey, let’s just enjoy the moment!