Adjective

(en adjective)

Capable of being perceived very clearly.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Fenella Saunders

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Different from one another (with the preferable adposition being "from").

* {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne, title=Well Tackled!

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Noticeably different from others; distinctive.

Separate in place; not conjunct or united; with from .

* Clarendon

The intention was that the two armies which marched out together should afterward be distinct .

(obsolete) Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.

* Milton

Wherever thus created — for no place / Is yet distinct by name.

(obsolete) Marked; variegated.

* Spenser

The which [place] was dight / With divers flowers distinct with rare delight.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it.

* 1913 , , The Day of Days , ch. 1:

The window-panes, encrusted with perennial deposits of Atmosphere, were less transparent than translucent .

* 1921 , , Jill the Reckless , ch. 21:

On the windows of the nearer buildings the sun cast glittering beams, but further away a faint, translucent mist hid the city.

Clear, lucid, or transparent.

* 1884 , Henry J. Ramsdell, Life and Public Services of Hon. James G. Blaine , Hubbard, pp. 105-106:

Mr. Blaine's powers and disposition shone resplendent. . . . the gavel in his practised hand, chiming in with varied tones that aptly enforced his words, from the sharp rat-tat-tat that recalled the House to decorum, to the vigorous thunder that actually drowned unparliamentary speech; rulings, repartee, translucent explanation flashing from his lips as quick as lighting.

* 1904 , , The Club of Queer Trades , ch. 4:

"I was startled at your not seeing it from the beginning. The man is a translucent liar and knave."

* 1919 , , The Lords of the Wild , ch. 3:

[T]he sun was in its greatest splendor, and the air was absolutely translucent . The lake and the mountains sprang out, sharp and clear.